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Tinder Blasts Vanity Fair Via Twitter for “One-Sided Journalism,” Dating App Admits It “Overreacted”

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Tinder slammed Vanity Fair via Twitter on Tuesday, Aug. 11, accusing the magazine of "one-sided journalism" after the publication of its juicy piece about the "dating apocalypse."

Nancy Jo, this is Tinder calling. Tinder went off against Vanity Fair via Twitter on Tuesday, Aug. 11, accusing the magazine of "one-sided journalism" and an "incredibly biased view" of the popular dating app in its juicy new piece, "Tinder and the Dawn of the 'Dating Apocalypse.'" After the dating app's rant went viral, a spokesperson for Tinder released a statement to Us Weekly admitting it had "overreacted."

Tinder first directly blasted the writer of the piece, Nancy Jo Sales, who is famously the author of The Bling Ring. Sales' article detailed the oftentimes bleak hookup culture perpetuated by dating apps, kicking off her piece with a detailed look at twentysomething subjects in Manhattan.

"When asked if they’ve been arranging dates on the apps they’ve been swiping at, all say not one date, but two or three," Sales wrote in her piece, noting that one subject — an investment banker — replied, "'If you had a reservation somewhere and then a table at Per Se opened up, you’d want to go there.'" The general overview of the article was not flattering to Tinder, which clearly miffed the dating company. 

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Tinder then defended its platform, saying the users were responsible for how they chose to date.

In fact, Tinder said its app is helping people connect globally, even in oppressed countries and dictatorships where Internet access is typically scarce.

On Wednesday, a spokesperson for the app released a statement to Us Weekly.

"We have a passionate team that truly believes in Tinder. While reading a recent Vanity Fair article about today's dating culture, we were saddened to see that the article didn't touch upon the positive experiences that the majority of our users encounter daily," the rep told Us. "Our intention was to highlight the many statistics and amazing stories that are sometimes left unpublished, and, in doing so, we overreacted."

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