Single, over 30, and on Tinder? Cool – get ready to pay more for premium services on Tinder. While this is most likely a “savvy” business move, it reads kind of gross and feels a bit like age discrimination.

According to Mashable, the dating app is adding a premium account option called Tinder Plus. The new account option allows users who pay a premium to take advantage of the following new features:

Passport: This new features allow people to change their location and connect with people anywhere around the world.

Rewind: It allows users to “take back” your last swipe: “If you accidentally swiped left on someone you want to get to know, they’re no longer lost in the Tindersphere forever. Now you can get him/her back with the touch of a button.”

Unlimited “likes:” “Regular users may now have a finite number of ‘likes’ available to them.” If a user reaches that limit, they better upgrade…

So, why are people a tad bit grumpy about this new option? Other dating sites require users to pay a premium for certain services, right? Well, yeah, they do, but as far as I know, other sites don’t charge older users more because they are, well, older.

Tinder now charges its over-30 users double the price for a premium account… That’s totally bogus.

The price for users who are under 30 is $9.99 a month. The price for over-30s? $19.99. First off, charging $20 a month for a premium dating app account is insane. And second, it’s COMPLETELY insane that over-30 users have to pay more for these, honestly, not-so-great features.

The company says that the over-30 price kick is to lure younger users to use the premium app. Sure, that’s true. Younger people have less money than the over-30s, but this price is nuts.

Why do you think Tinder has decided to charge older people more money for the app? Do you think this move is age discrimination like this XOJane article suggests? Or do you think it’s a dumb, or totally brilliant business move?

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Watch this hella awkward experiment to see how guys react to a fat woman whom they thought was skinnier based on her profile pics on Tinder, the mobile dating app. And there’s a guy version, too, which is equally as not so fun. Boo.

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Tinder, an app for meeting people, is all the rage among singles and used by millions of people everyday. But is it really just about meeting people, and what is it doing to modern dating?

A playful dating game really, or more specifically, my friends use it as either a hookup app or an addicting past time where within a simple swipe of the finger you can open, or close doors to potential suitors (or one night stands).

It’s like the smartphone ‘circle yes or no’ of note-passing, except not.

Tinder works by referencing your geographic location and then filters matches accordingly. When you open the app you immediately see someone’s picture, name, and age based on their proximity to you. Now the choice is yours: You can swipe to the right for yes, or left for no. And let the games begin.

A match (direct communication) can only happen when someone you’ve liked has liked you too, and if that magic key is turned, the message format opens up, much like a text message. The playful interface really boils down to a game of Hot or Not.

Their tag-line is as vague and off course as the apps original purpose: “Tinder is how people meet. It’s like real life, but better.” Since it’s inception, just 16 months ago in September 2012, the app is used by millions every day. The company claims that on on average, it processes 50,000 requests per second, and 4.5 million matches a day.

Online dating is a growing industry–reaching about $1 billion in profit, but how likely are you to meet your soulmate on the flipping screen, and what is Tinder doing to the singles playing field?

It’s as shallow as a dried up puddle, and represents more of a video game than a meeting space. Tinder is just another log fueling our culture of fast pleasure because once you’ve ‘liked’ someone that has slightly struck your interest, you are already forgotten about them and you’re on to the next.

I suppose the app is really just a game, and as mind numbing as a bad cosmetic commercial. But have we gone so deep into virtual reality that Tinder really is “like real life, but better“? Is this future of meeting someone new? Or will user look back and laugh only to file it with Tamagachis or Pet Rocks? But, of course, we are talking about real people.

image: Tinder

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