Tinder has added encryption to its app, to ensure that people’s swiping activity is for their eyes only. Given its place at the intersection of romantic intimacy and data sensitivity, Tinder is taking more steps to make people feel safe and secure when looking for love online.

In online interactions, swiping is one of the most common motions, second only to scrolling, but how can design help nudge people into making decisions? Canvas8 spoke with Dr. Mario Pandelaere, associate professor in marketing at Pamplin College of Business, to find out.

In 2015, 17% of American weddings were interracial – up from 3% in 1967. While Gen Z is set to be the most diverse generation yet, their language of choice – emoji – doesn't reflect this. Tinder is calling for greater representation, with the inclusion of interracial couple emoji.

We’re used to swiping right on potential dates, but what about prospective friends? A proliferation of friendship apps have seen the swiping approach applied to the friendship market, too. Stigma still tinges these apps, but the realities of modern society mean that we may never have needed them more.