Beauty is skin deep and Tinder is even shallower. Online dating gets a bad rap with many dangers associated with it, let alone the social stigma.
Then along came Tinder, suddenly it was acceptable to take part in online dating.
For those of you living under a rock or are self proclaimed Casanovas in real life, Tinder is a dating application for smartphones. The user has their profile populated from their Facebook page, including some pictures and your age.
You then type a small paragraph about yourself, usually something you think is charming or funny but the rest of the world thinks is terrible; like my own.
Easy to use application
Tinder has no long forms to fill in; it’s a very polished app and is totally free. Best of all, it has become acceptable among young people who have grown up with the internet and social media.
Those of you who may have seen the movie The Social Network will recognise the similarities from the website ‘Hot or Not’.
The user flicks through profiles of possible matches in their area swiping their screen left for ‘nope’ and right for ‘yes’. If you and a potential partner both say yes to each other then you are given the chance to chat and possible meet for a date.
That being said, there are some rules that desperately need to be adhered to.
Number One: Too many friends
I know it can be tempting to have a profile picture with a number of your friends and people are generally not photographed on their own. You might be the hottest girl on Tinder, you may be the best looking girl in your group of friends but if we can’t figure out which one you are, us guys will always assume you are the less attractive one.
Number two: Elderly relative
We all love our family and we know you might like your prospective date to think you’re a caring person who loves their elderly family but just don’t do it. The last thing a guy wants to see when he’s deciding if you are attractive is to see your you standing next to an elderly version of you.
Number three: What we can only assume is your child
It might seem like a great idea to have your cute little niece or nephew in your profile but to the male population it screams, “BABY, BABY – SHE HAS A BABY”.
Number four: The old flame
Nothing screams still in love with your ex worse than having him in your Tinder profiler. You should never have a guy in your pictures, ever. Even if the guy isn’t your ex it doesn’t matter.
Number five: You’re drunk/drinking
As Irish people generally we drink to excess, however, being drunk or drinking in your profile picture is not very attractive, especially if you’re drinking what would be regarded as a male drink.
Number Six: Toilet
Stop taking pictures of yourself in the toilet, please.
Number seven: Boobs!
Don’t get us wrong, every guy loves those sexy revealing photos but really it screams desperation. You will get matches all over the place and it will boost your ego but do you really want streams of messages requesting naked pictures?
Number eight: Ultra close up
You have a lovely forehead, I mean it’s great but I’m sure you have a face too. We are swiping right and left at lightning pace and don’t have the precious time to click into your photos to see more than your eyebrows. Same goes for the long shot!
Number nine: Model shots
There is nothing more intimidating to the opposite sex that a girl with obvious professional model shots. Any girls who has been photographed thinks she's a model but putting those on Tinder will scare us away.
