Ghosting and 'breadcrumbing': the psychological impact of our bad behaviour on dating apps

BUFFALO, N.Y. - EntSun -- Jon Andoni Duñabeitia, Universidad Nebrija, DME Music News

Every single day, thousands of people around the world use dating apps to strike up conversations with strangers, with the supposedly mutual objective of finding a partner. However, placing blind trust in others' intentions is the first mistake that many users make – the person on the other side of the screen might not actually be in search of true love, or anything resembling it.

In fact, several studies have highlighted that people use dating apps for all manner of reasons, ranging from conversation to just nosing around other profiles. When it comes to dating apps, the quest for true love is evidently the last thing on many people's minds.

Far from a utilitarian matchmaking tool, dating apps more closely resemble a classic children's story, filled with conniving characters and emotional challenges. It is a world populated by cunning wolves, duplicitous trails of breadcrumbs, and ghosts that mysteriously vanish into thin air.

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The Lying Wolf

In our story, the wolf lurks in the depths of the dating app forest. Much like the hungry wolf in Little Red Riding Hood, this wolf hides behind a veil of deception – studies have found that during the initial phase of dating a person online, an average of around 7% of the information revealed is untrue.

People often fall back on lies to make their profile seem more interesting, or to avoid awkward conversations. While in children's stories the truth always comes out, it can be much harder to distinguish fact from fiction on a dating app, and many users become jaded and sceptical once they've been deceived. A bad start to any relationship.

I stopped waiting on the light at the end of the tunnel; I just lit that bitch up myself! - Sassy White Girl

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