2. Purpose

That said, my goal is not to vilify the apps themselves. I’ve been using them. We know that even without dating apps, human darkness still shows up in different forms and behaviors.

This series is me owning my responsibility as a UX practitioner, and my hope as a user — searching for better solutions, to fix the harms hurting us most:

• Part 1. On swipe culture treating people as objects
• Part 2. On labels, casually cruel in the name of “going with the flow”
• Part 3. On the ghost that haunts you into questioning your worth
• Part 4. On the green/red flag toxicity and the longing to be seen
• Appendix. 3 years of reading, research & real stories.