Swiping through Tinder makes you unhappy about your body

They might look confident in their photos but people on the dating app Tinder are probably lacking morale. Swiping through the popular dating app lowers your self-esteem and makes you unhappy about your body, new research found. People accept or reject potential matches based on photos which takes a toll on people's sense of worth, the study found. People with lower self-esteem could be more likely to use these types of apps which then draws them in to a downward spiral of self-doubt, researchers suggest. The research, led by the University of Rhode Island, looked at 820 college-age Tinder users - 700 female and 120 male students.