是時候改變左滑右滑的交友趨勢了大綱

Swiping meant dating this decade, and it's time for a change

是時候改變左滑右滑的交友趨勢了

Tinder is the swiPE, and the swipe is Tinder. Tinder's introduction in 2012 ushered in not only the beginning of an era in which seemingly everyone dates online, but also the beginning of the "swipe" as a design and interaction concept. A left swipe means no and a right swipe means yes — but of course, you already knew that.

Tinder是一款左滑右滑的軟件。2012年，Tinder的推出不僅迎來了人人都開始網戀的時代，也迎來了“左滑右滑”這一設計和交互理念。左滑表示不感興趣，右滑表示感興趣——當然，你早已知道這個玩法。

Before its existence, online daters built profiles, on a website, that took hours to perfect. OkCupid gave users seemingly endless questions to answer, and eHarmony focused on personality quizzes, all in an effort to assign people scores and offer compatibility figures. Then came the swipe. It removed the work from online dating and instead asked one essential question: do you think this person is hot? If yes, swipe right. If no, swipe left. Easy.

在Tinder軟件推出前，網戀者需要在網站上填寫個人資料，通常需填寫數小時才能達到理想效果。OkCupid需要用戶回答一個接一個的問題，eHarmony則主打個性測驗，這樣做是爲了給這些網戀者評分併爲其匹配合適的對象。但後來，Tinder出現了。它避開了線上交友的繁瑣步驟，只關注一個基本問題：你認爲這個人帥/漂亮嗎？如果是，請向右滑動。如果不是，請向左滑動。非常簡單。

THE SWIPE REPLACED AN ARDUOUS PROFILE-CREATION PROCESS

左滑右滑取代了繁瑣的個人資料建立流程

The swipe was born only seven years ago, and in that time, it's conquered online dating and made it mainstream. Dating apps are expected to top 25 million users in the US this year, and as of 2017, 39 percent of heterosexual couples in the US said they met online, up from 22 percent in 2009, according to a recent study.

“左滑右滑”是7年前問世的，那時它迅速成爲網上交友的主流。最近的一項研究表明，今年，全美交友軟件的用戶最高達250萬人，截至2017年，美國39%的異性情侶表示他們相識於網絡，而2009年這一比例爲22%。

Tinder lowered the barriers to online dating. Profiles are bare, and picking people you're interested in is borderline thoughtless. Instead of requiring work up front, daters download an app and immediately start matching. Even more brilliant, Tinder, at one time, required daters to link their Facebook account, filling in some essential profile details like their age and school. It relied on phones' built-in GPS to determine where daters were located and populate potential matches from there. The simplicity of the app, at a time when smartphones were taking off, set Tinder on an upward trajectory.

Tinder降低了網上交友的門檻——可以不填寫個人資料，左滑右滑配對對象也全憑個人喜好。網戀者無需做準備工作，只需下載應用程序即可開始配對。更棒的是，Tinder要求用戶將其臉書賬戶與Tinder賬戶關聯，並填寫年齡和學歷等基本信息。Tinder通過手機內置的定位系統來確定用戶的位置，併爲其配對附近的潛在對象。Tinder軟件簡單易懂，在智能手機逐漸普及的年代，Tinder軟件也搭上了發展的“順風車”。

As we enter 2020 and as conversations around tech and mental health reach a fever pitch, the swipe likely isn't going to stick around forever.

我們即將迎來2020年，圍繞技術和心理健康的討論正逐漸達到頂峯，左滑右滑的交友趨勢可能並不會永遠持續下去。