Unfortunately I found it quite the opposite.
It was incredibly easy to set up, which did worry me slightly especially as it links to your Facebook. Leading me to think of how embarrassed it would be if my Facebook friends knew, I have my great grandma on there!
Once set up it immediately shows you a picture, first name and age of someone and you can swipe left or right, to either reject or accept the person. Then if they also accept you, you are 'matched'. And just to make sure you know it's a good thing you get a little congratulations notification and they then go into your 'matches', giving you the option to start a chat with them.
My first match started the conversation with "Hi I'm *****, and I like the party", thankfully though it also gives you the option to then block them.
It's a very weird feeling when you are matched, like you've won at a game or completed a level. And then having to speak to them afterwards is just painful! How genuine can a conversation be if the interaction was the result of swiping one way or another. The conversation is stunted and immature.
I understand that the app just streamlines and digitises what people do in real life, but it doesn't make it seem any less cold.
That is until a headless man in a dog collar brandishing his penis pops up and you thank your lucky stars that you can only see this over cyberspace and quickly remove it. Although you CANNOT UNSEE IT. As far as I could see there was also no report button which is concerning.
Aiming to spend at least a week on the app, I soldiered through the first few days, checking back regularly but soon the novelty wore off. It just felt like a really shallow game, like pointing at strangers in the street and yelling out a rating from 0-10. Worse than that in fact, because the picture didn't seem like really people. The shame of it also began to grow, so after only 4 days the app was swiftly deleted. The embarrassment was too much, and maybe it's just me that died a little inside when someone nearly caught me on it.
My main question is, what do the users hope to gain? Their intention isn't clear (except for dog collar man). From my limited experience it seems that the users themselves are pretty unsure as well, but that they for the most part play it like a game.
It definitely won't be getting downloaded again, and thank goodness it was free!
Peace and blessings.x
(HAPPY NEW YEAR, mostly to my mum as she is the only one likely to read this)
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