Beware that the new Tinder Panic Button comes with some privacy implications.
Tinder
Tinder is a mobile application that depends on location-based social search.
It is a popular dating service that allows users to use a swiping motion for specific actions. Swipe right to like a match, or swipe left to dislike a match. If two matches like each other, then they can chat(the actual match)
In Tinder, you can express yourself both in conversation with your matches and the info of your profile. This makes the app fit the definition of social media.
However, Tinder can hardly serve as a proper social media for the marketing development of a company or a freelancer. So, from a commercial point of view, the app is not social media.
There were different stories common with using Tinder. Some were finished very well, and some were not. Before deciding to sign up, you have to keep it in mind to abide by some rules.
You have to make sure that the dating app provides you with a safe environment. Tinder is working on providing better solutions, but if they are enough, it actually depends on the user.
There were many articles about Tinder dates that didn’t finish well, where men wanted to find women for a one-night stand or did not care about real love, which was very disappointing for female users.
So, if you’re hot, you probably already have enough choices. Tinder may offer you new opportunities. On the other hand, if you don’t look so great and you usually rely on your personality, then Tinder might not be the best choice for you; because Tinder is an app that focuses on the concept of looks over personality, appearance over substance.
Tinder panic button
Tinder took precautionary measures to ensure the safety of users by the introduction of the Tinder panic button. A feature that enables users the option to receive check-ins hit a panic alarm and even call authorities to their location.
If a date goes south, then users can trigger an alarm with the Noinlight tool in the Tinder app. Afterward, they’ll need to enter a code. If the user fails to enter the code, a Noonligth dispatcher will send them a text message.
Noonlight will have to call them if they fail to respond to the text. Furthermore, if they confirm they are in danger or the user refuses to answer the call, Noonlight will contact the police.
To use this feature, users have to share their real-time location data with the app. Users using this feature will have a badge on their profile, indicating the use of the Noonlight feature. The badge would deter users from evil motives.
In constructing this feature, the Tinder company put into consideration the possibility of a situation where the panic button is triggered by mistake. In response to this, Mandy Ginsberg, the match group chief executive, said, ‘The false positives, believe me, we took them into account. If someone doesn’t respond, the worst-case someone shows up and knocks on the door. It’s not the worst thing in the world.’
The Panic Button Sharing Data With Facebook and YouTube
In an investigation by ProPublica, BuzzFeed, and Columbia Journalism Investigations in 2019, found most of the sexual assaults to be related to dating applications. It was after this discovery that Tinder developed the panic button feature in its application.
Gizmodo is a science and technology company. The company said the dating company is sharing users’ data through Noonlight with ad-tech companies. After proper investigation, it was discovered that various major names from the ad-tech industry, including Facebook and YouTube, among some ‘unnamed’ third parties, shared users’ data.
Although it appears perfectly logical for the company to seek relevant data about the users of its application, people are concerned about their data being sold to other parties.
According to Gizmodo, a Tinder representative initially denied the company’s association with a third-party company, but later admitted that they in fact do, but allegedly do not sell any data.
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