“Tinder Will Know You Are A 6”: Users’ Perceptions of Algorithms on Tinder

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dc.contributor.authorAbel, Christie
dc.contributor.authorPei, Lucy
dc.contributor.authorLarson, Ian
dc.contributor.authorOlgado, Benedict Salazar
dc.contributor.authorTurner, Benedict
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-24T17:43:46Z
dc.date.available2021-12-24T17:43:46Z
dc.date.issued2022-01-04
dc.description.abstractThrough in-depth interviews of 22 Tinder users, we explore how users interpret their algorithmically mediated experience on the platform. We find that users have various explanations of whether and how Tinder uses algorithms and that users have varying degrees of certainty about these explanations. In response, users report that they act in particular ways given their explanations and degree of certainty. We discuss how users, as part of their sensemaking practice around how algorithms work, engage in forms of improvisation. In addition, we argue that algorithm awareness leads to a more nuanced acknowledgement of inequality and power, including the power-laden roles of platforms themselves.
dc.format.extent10 pages
dc.identifier.doi10.24251/HICSS.2022.351
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9981331-5-7
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/79685
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 55th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectCritical and Ethical Studies of Digital and Social Media
dc.subjectalgorithm awareness
dc.subjectalgorithmic bias
dc.subjectfolk theories
dc.subjectintimate platforms
dc.subjectonline dating
dc.title“Tinder Will Know You Are A 6”: Users’ Perceptions of Algorithms on Tinder
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