Social Media in Gay London: Tinder as an Alternative to Hook-Up Apps

• Published in: Social media + society Vol. 2; no. 3
• Main Author: MacKee, Freddy
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.07.2016; Sage Publications Ltd; SAGE Publishing
• Subjects: Dating; Ecosystems; Homosexuality; Internet; Social media; Social networks; hook-up app; gay men; polymedia; Tinder; social media; digital identity; digital anthropology

The article explores how the mobile app Tinder complements dating practices and the wider app ecosystem gay men use in London. Within the local gay community discourse, Tinder is said to be a site where the gay “nice guys” go, rendering the platform as a socially constructed environment where gay me...