A UMD student swipes through prospective matches from the dating application Tinder.

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Internet dating has always seemed strange in my experience. As somebody who didn’t get yourself a smartphone until I began university, my intimate relationships had been constantly with individuals we came across and surely got to understand in college. With apps like Tinder and Hinge, all dating essentially becomes rate dating — even it’s likely the person you’re pursuing is still talking to multiple people if you’re only pursuing one person at a time.

An innovative new dating app exclusive to University of Maryland pupils, called TerpMatch, causes it to be easier to date individuals you know to some extent. Rather than fulfilling strangers, TerpMatch helps reveal “missed connections” within the last few months of a semester with somebody you may have met in a course or a club. The application doesn’t have chat function on purpose, and it also could deal with a number of the larger problems that come with apps like Tinder or Hinge.

But old-fashioned dating apps, especially on an university campus, make it more difficult to form enduring relationships. Along with being forced to find out if you’re interested in somebody romantically or actually, you must begin with scratch whenever getting to understand them. I understand that lots of university students aren’t shopping for a lasting relationship — Tinder positively makes setting up easier in a few methods. However for people who want something more significant, dating apps keep a complete great deal to be desired.

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