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Title: Tinder Social alarms users by showing Facebook friends Post by: HCK on April 30, 2016, 04:05:12 pm Tinder Social alarms users by showing Facebook friends
<article> <section class="page"> <p> Turns out some people like to keep their private life...private.</p><p> So when Tinder—the dating app that lets users “swipe right” to find matches, often for quick flings—announced this week that it was testing a new feature that let users see each other’s Facebook friends, the backlash (https://twitter.com/nicwkelly/status/725269369991745536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) set in quickly.</p><p> Tinder just as quickly told users how to to disable (http://blog.gotinder.com/introducing-tinder-social/) the new “Tinder Social” features, but company officials sounded defensive when making the announcement.</p><p> “We are only testing (Tinder Social) at this point, but it’s important to note Tinder’s not a secret considering 70% of users download Tinder because their friends recommend it,” the company said in a blog post.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3062897/social-media/tinder-social-alarms-users-by-showing-facebook-friends.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Tinder Social alarms users by showing Facebook friends (http://www.macworld.com/article/3062897/social-media/tinder-social-alarms-users-by-showing-facebook-friends.html#tk.rss_all) |