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Creating my own fake Tinder profile

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As I don’t own a Tinder account, I thought it would be an interesting idea to manipulate truth by creating my own profile in order for me to delve into this world of Online Dating. Prior to this creation, I have done some research and have looked at both sides of the online dating world, from adaptations of TV Programmes to Documentaries all centralising the apps attractive and addictive features.

My Interpretations of ‘Creating’ a new and realistic Profile

For my own interpretations, I have drawn over a blank tinder frame and profile in order to ‘create‘ my own interpretation. I have written on top of images like the style of Ed Templeton, to allow the reader to understand a narrative in a more clear and flowing way.

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This is what the Tinder blank background looks like. By drawing over this, I feel I am creating my own truth by making what seems realistic false but at the same time truthful because of what I am stating. This concept acts as a metaphor within itself as the reader is drawn into questioning what ‘real’ love is.
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In this frame, I have drawn over a fact in order to represent a photograph of someone. Around the image I have used quotes such as “Beauty is everything on here”. I feel this blank portrait could remise to how a person’s personality is not shown vividly throughout the Tinder algorithms as the first thing a person see’s is their profile image.
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On this frame I have written only text. I have included quotes like “Just because I’m smiling doesn’t mean I’m constantly happy” and “A vortex of perception” as I feel this contradicts the way Tinder users are forced into only including four images of themselves. This narrowing of choice dis-broadens the way in which people see that person, instantly labelling them as a ‘type’ to decide whether they approve of them in a quick and efficient way.
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In this frame I have included outlines of two people. Because many Tinder users include images of their friends, I thought it would be a good influence to show how using pictures with their friends present may subvert the viewers eye onto likening the person that isn’t yourself. This can change the way we see the app as truthful as in real life this mistake wouldn’t be made.

Case Study: Catfishing 

Urban Dictionary definition –

“to lure (someone) into a relationship by means of a fictional online persona.”

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MTV’s Catfish: the TV Show 

Catfish is a 2010 American documentary film directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, involving a young man, Nev, being filmed by his brother and friend, co-directors Ariel and Henry, as he builds a romantic relationship with a young woman on the social networking website Facebook. The film was a critical and commercial success. It led to an MTV reality TV series, Catfish: The TV Show.

Examples of episodes:

The Mobile Love Industry

This  this episode of Love Industries you look at the ways in which mobile apps have become an essential part of our search for the next hook-up, true love, and everything in between.  Karlie Sciortino manipulates this industry by placing herself into it by creating her own Tinder profile. This allows her to try online dating herself as well as seeing if the truth behind people profiles are really what they say they are.

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