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Home / News / Why do we swipe right on Tinder for interest, and not left? And what does that have to do with the movie “The Matrix?”

Why do we swipe right on Tinder for interest, and not left? And what does that have to do with the movie “The Matrix?”

Monday, June 15, 2015

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Jim Davies explores this topic in a new blog entry on Nautilus.

http://nautil.us/blog/why-tinder-charmers-and-movie-heroes-move-the-same-way

Monday, June 15, 2015  |  Categories: News

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