Are dating apps stopping people settling down?

Dating apps are now seen as the fastest way to get a date. Are people addicted to choice and afraid to settle down, asks Deirdre Reynolds, or are they just having fun while waiting to meet someone special.

WHEN Vanity Fair recently claimed Tinder had created a generation of commitment phobes, Twitter users certainly weren’t sitting on the fence.

Swiping right on the viral story, ‘Tinder and the Dawn of the Dating Apocalypse’ by Nancy Jo Sales, are those who agree that the dating app only encourages people to hook up — not settle down.