{"id":4489,"date":"2023-05-01T19:42:51","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T23:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/?p=4489"},"modified":"2023-05-03T15:59:58","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T19:59:58","slug":"swipe-right-on-white-implicit-racism-on-tinder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/spring-2023\/swipe-right-on-white-implicit-racism-on-tinder\/","title":{"rendered":"Swipe Right on White: Implicit Racism on Tinder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Untitled-1-16-1024x441.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Untitled-1-16-1024x441.png 1024w, https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Untitled-1-16-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Untitled-1-16-768x330.png 768w, https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Untitled-1-16-1536x661.png 1536w, https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Untitled-1-16-2048x881.png 2048w, https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Untitled-1-16-1000x430.png 1000w, https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Untitled-1-16-230x99.png 230w, https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Untitled-1-16-350x151.png 350w, https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Untitled-1-16-480x207.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tinder is the most popular dating app in the world, with 7.8 million Americans who are active monthly users (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/826778\/most-popular-dating-apps-by-audience-size-usa\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/826778\/most-popular-dating-apps-by-audience-size-usa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Verto Analytics 2019<\/a>). The interface of this app provides a range of profiles that can either be swiped right to show disinterest or swiped left to demonstrate attraction. When two people swipe left on each other, they \u201cmatch\u201d and are allowed to start a conversation with each other.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The app has successfully provided greater agency and efficiency in people\u2019s sexual-romantic lives, but not everyone benefits from it equally (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/1440783316662718\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/1440783316662718\" target=\"_blank\">Hobbs 2016<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/book\/10.1007\/978-3-030-29256-0\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/book\/10.1007\/978-3-030-29256-0\" target=\"_blank\">Hoff 2019<\/a>). Tinder&#8217;s interface and algorithm supports users in acting according to their unconscious racist bias, which is chiefly detrimental to racial minorities. In fact, all people of color (POC) are more likely to be turned down compared to their white counterparts, with Black users being the ones who suffer the most amount of rejection (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0092656621000131\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0092656621000131\" target=\"_blank\">Chopik &amp; Johnson 2021<\/a>).<sup>1<\/sup><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Unconscious Swiping, Unconscious Bias<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-default has-text-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\" style=\"color:#fdfdfd;background-color:#de7a86db\">\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I get about 5-7 matches per day (not swiping right on every girl) so that\u2019s prolly okay. My white roommates get 99+ lmao&#8221;<\/p>\n<cite>YakEvir, Asian man&#8217;s experience on Tinder (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/digital.lib.washington.edu\/researchworks\/bitstream\/handle\/1773\/45157\/Oishi_washington_0250E_20985.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/digital.lib.washington.edu\/researchworks\/bitstream\/handle\/1773\/45157\/Oishi_washington_0250E_20985.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\" target=\"_blank\">Oishi 2019<\/a>)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tinder\u2019s platform elicits unconscious swiping. The app profits from maximizing the attention it captures from the users (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/15295036.2017.1394582\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/15295036.2017.1394582\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zulli 2018<\/a>). Considering that the average attention span is decreasing, the app only requires people to \u201cglance\u201d rather than \u201cgaze\u201d at profiles (Rudder 2015, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/15295036.2017.1394582\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/15295036.2017.1394582\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zulli 2018<\/a>: 110). For instance, the app limits users to a 9 photos and 500 character bio. This encourages people to be succinct in their presentation and to quickly access potential partners, which further automate the swiping experience. Research by Sociologist Gregory Narr (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/15240657.2021.1961498\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/15240657.2021.1961498\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2021<\/a>) shows that people have a hard time describing why they were swiping left on certain profiles, which points to how swiping becomes an unconscious decision.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unconscious swiping creates fertile soil for unconscious racist bias to flourish. Although the majority of White Americans consider themselves non-racist, they still demonstrate unconscious racist bias in Implicit Association Tests (<a href=\"https:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/record\/2009-08950-006?doi=1\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/record\/2009-08950-006?doi=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Greenwald et al. 2009<\/a>). Akin to IAT images, when people are encouraged to swipe unconsciously, they are more prone to be guided by their unconscious racist bias (<a href=\"https:\/\/digital.lib.washington.edu\/researchworks\/bitstream\/handle\/1773\/45157\/Oishi_washington_0250E_20985.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/digital.lib.washington.edu\/researchworks\/bitstream\/handle\/1773\/45157\/Oishi_washington_0250E_20985.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Oishi 2019<\/a>). Instead of considering people\u2019s content, the profiles become part of an aesthetic experience. People deemed as \u201caesthetically pleasing\u201d, which is often rooted in White colonial beauty standards, capture more attention than other users and have a more pleasurable experience with dating apps (<a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.3758\/PBR.16.2.276\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.3758\/PBR.16.2.276\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sui &amp; Lui 2009<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/digital.lib.washington.edu\/researchworks\/bitstream\/handle\/1773\/45157\/Oishi_washington_0250E_20985.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/digital.lib.washington.edu\/researchworks\/bitstream\/handle\/1773\/45157\/Oishi_washington_0250E_20985.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Oishi 2019<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An Algorithm That Reinforces Racism <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tinder then recommends potential matches based on people\u2019s perceived \u201cattractiveness,\u201d which amplifies racist outcomes (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.help.tinder.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/7606685697037-Powering-Tinder-The-Method-Behind-Our-Matching\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.help.tinder.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/7606685697037-Powering-Tinder-The-Method-Behind-Our-Matching\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Powering Tinder, 2019<\/a>). People with a high \u201cattractiveness\u201d score receive more and faster \u201chighly desirable\u201d recommendations (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/15240657.2021.1961498\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/15240657.2021.1961498\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Narr 2021<\/a>). This algorithm excludes people that are not considered attractive to the majority of users, which chiefly affects POC who do not fit conventional White beauty standards (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/15240657.2021.1961498\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/15240657.2021.1961498\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Narr 2021<\/a>). Tinder\u2019s algorithm thereby replicates and reinforces people\u2019s unconscious racism, which further marginalizes racial minorities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Advocating For An Ethical Tinder<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Modern-Tender-Floral-Quote-Photo-Collage-1-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Modern-Tender-Floral-Quote-Photo-Collage-1-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Modern-Tender-Floral-Quote-Photo-Collage-1-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Modern-Tender-Floral-Quote-Photo-Collage-1-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Modern-Tender-Floral-Quote-Photo-Collage-1-1536x1229.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Modern-Tender-Floral-Quote-Photo-Collage-1-2048x1638.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Modern-Tender-Floral-Quote-Photo-Collage-1-1000x800.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Modern-Tender-Floral-Quote-Photo-Collage-1-230x184.jpg 230w, https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Modern-Tender-Floral-Quote-Photo-Collage-1-350x280.jpg 350w, https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Modern-Tender-Floral-Quote-Photo-Collage-1-480x384.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sub><em>Collage with some of the questions that OKCupid uses to guide matches on its platform.<\/em><\/sub><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Tinder probably did not create its interface and algorithm to intentionally target POC. However, any structure in society that is complacent to racism perpetuates oppression. Instead of using an algorithm based on perceived \u201cattractiveness,\u201d Tinder could use multiple-choice answers to guide people\u2019s matches. Just like dating app OkCupid, people would be able to determine which questions they want to answer and how they want their matches to respond to those questions (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/15240657.2021.1961498\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/15240657.2021.1961498\" target=\"_blank\">Narr 2021<\/a>). Meanwhile, Tinder users should resist the urge to automatically swipe and reflect on how racial patterns in their swipe can convey racist imperatives. We are all responsible for fighting against the racism in ourselves and pressuring companies to advocate for anti-racist measures.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup><sub>1<\/sub><\/sup><sub>It is important to recognize that most dating apps encourage implicit racist bias in their interfaces (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/digital.lib.washington.edu\/researchworks\/bitstream\/handle\/1773\/45157\/Oishi_washington_0250E_20985.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/digital.lib.washington.edu\/researchworks\/bitstream\/handle\/1773\/45157\/Oishi_washington_0250E_20985.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\" target=\"_blank\">Oishi 2019<\/a>). I specifically analyze Tinder because it is the most used dating app and because its algorithm corroborates racist outcomes more significantly than its competitors (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/digital.lib.washington.edu\/researchworks\/bitstream\/handle\/1773\/45157\/Oishi_washington_0250E_20985.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/digital.lib.washington.edu\/researchworks\/bitstream\/handle\/1773\/45157\/Oishi_washington_0250E_20985.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\" target=\"_blank\">Oishi 2019<\/a>).<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">References<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chopik, W.J. and Johnson, D.J. (2021) \u201cModeling dating decisions in a mock swiping paradigm: An examination of participant and Target characteristics,\u201d <em>Journal of Research in Personality<\/em>, 92, p. 104076. Available at: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jrp.2021.104076.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dovidio, J.F., Gaertner, S.L. and Pearson, A.R. (2016) \u201cAversive racism and contemporary bias,\u201d <em>The Cambridge Handbook of the Psychology of Prejudice<\/em>, pp. 267\u2013294. Available at: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/9781316161579.012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Greenwald, A.G. <em>et al.<\/em> (2009) \u201cUnderstanding and using the implicit association test: III. meta-analysis of predictive validity.,\u201d <em>Journal of Personality and Social Psychology<\/em>, 97(1), pp. 17\u201341. Available at: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1037\/a0015575.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hobbs, M., Owen, S. and Gerber, L. (2016) \u201cLiquid love? dating apps, sex, relationships and the digital transformation of intimacy,\u201d <em>Journal of Sociology<\/em>, 53(2), pp. 271\u2013284. Available at: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/1440783316662718.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lorenz-Spreen, P. <em>et al.<\/em> (2019) \u201cAccelerating dynamics of collective attention,\u201d <em>Nature Communications<\/em>, 10(1). Available at: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-019-09311-w.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Narr, G. (2021) \u201cThe uncanny swipe drive: The return of a racist mode of algorithmic thought on dating apps,\u201d <em>Studies in Gender and Sexuality<\/em>, 22(3), pp. 219\u2013236. Available at: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/15240657.2021.1961498.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oishi, T. (2019) \u201cTinder-ing Desire: The Circuit of Culture, Gamified Dating and Creating Desirable Selves,\u201d <em>Washington University Research Works Archive<\/em> [Preprint]. Available at: https:\/\/digital.lib.washington.edu\/researchworks\/bitstream\/handle\/1773\/45157\/Oishi_washington_0250E_20985.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y (Accessed: 2023).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Powering tinder\u00ae \u2014 the method behind our matching<\/em> (no date). Available at: https:\/\/www.help.tinder.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/7606685697037-Powering-Tinder-The-Method-Behind-Our-Matching (Accessed: March 31, 2023).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rudder, C. (2015) <em>Dataclysm who we are (when we think no one&#8217;s looking)<\/em>. London: Fourth Estate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sui, J. and Liu, C.H. (2009) \u201cCan beauty be ignored? effects of facial attractiveness on covert attention,\u201d <em>Psychonomic Bulletin &amp; Review<\/em>, 16(2), pp. 276\u2013281. Available at: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3758\/pbr.16.2.276.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">van Hooff, J. (2019) \u201cSwipe right? tinder, commitment and the commercialisation of intimate life,\u201d <em>Romantic Relationships in a Time of \u2018Cold Intimacies,\u2019<\/em> pp. 109\u2013127. Available at: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-030-29256-0_6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Verto Analytics (2019) <em>U.S. dating apps by audience size 2019<\/em>, <em>Statista<\/em>. Available at: https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/826778\/most-popular-dating-apps-by-audience-size-usa\/ (Accessed: April 17, 2023).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zulli, D. (2017) \u201cCapitalizing on the look: Insights into the glance, attention economy, and Instagram,\u201d <em>Critical Studies in Media Communication<\/em>, 35(2), pp. 137\u2013150. 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