Head to https://squarespace.com/answerinprogress to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code ANSWERINPROGRESS. Valentine's Day is right around the corner, cuffing season is reaching its end, and dating apps... still suck. In this video, Sabrina explores the algorithms behind apps like Tinder, Hinge, and Bumble to figure out where they all go wrong. In the process, she makes a dating simulator for... soup. This is a weird one, folks. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR MONTHLY NEWSLETTER https://www.answerinprogress.com/newsletter SOCIAL MEDIA Sabrina Twitter: https://twitter.com/nerdyandquirky Instagram: http://instagram.com/nerdyandquirky Melissa Twitter: https://twitter.com/mehlizfern Instagram: http://instagram.com/mehlizfern Taha Twitter: https://twitter.com/khanstopme Instagram: http://instagram.com/khanstopme CREDITS Produced by Sabrina Cruz Video Editing by Vicky Moonan Motion Design by Sabrina Cruz Sound Design by Sabrina Cruz MUSIC Epidemic Sound. Get started today. http://share.epidemicsound.com/answerinprogress RECOMMENDED READING "Tinder may not get you a date. It will get your data." (2020) by Rebecca Heilweil "The Tinder algorithm, explained" (2019) by Kaitlyn Tiffany TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Introduction 00:58 Sabrina reads some stuff (what a surprise) 01:41 How Dating Algorithms Work 06:14 Soup, a series of unfortunate events. 07:26 Sabrina makes Bad Decisions at 2AM 09:09 Sabrina potentially damages her friendships 11:37 How to Fix Dating Apps 13:07 Share this video so we can afford soup for our family ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Welcome to the joke under the fold! Here's a sweet one for the romantics out there: What did the gardener say to their crush? I love you from my head tomatoes :) Leave a comment with the word TOMATO to let me know you were here ;-)