Gone are the days when classified ads and marriage agencies were the only way to meet a soul mate for a hardened bachelor, a widower or a divorcee, a way that remained secret (if not discreet), as it was taboo.
Today, in the digital age, dating sites and applications are numerous, are displayed via advertising and have become a means almost like any other to have a romantic encounter.
If we have necessarily heard of Tinder, Meetic, adopt a guywe do not know thattoday there are over 200 dating appsas date my petto meet through his pet, Veggie Date for vegetarians or Yoga meeting.
However, these applications, beyond the promise of great love, are above all numbers (lines of code but also turnover) and algorithms.
To show us behind the scenes of dating apps, Geraldine Mary guest Jessica Pidouxsociologist and doctor of science, postdoctoral researcher at Sciences Po, and director of the PersonalData.IO association, which had access to the patents for the Tinder algorithm, and Pascale Kuntzcomputer science professor: both give us advice for using these applications knowing their operation and their limits, but also their advantages.