The Tinder Trap

This video was created to illustrate the social issues revolving around dating apps like Tinder. The idea was to have one female, using the power of her dating app, create a mob of hundreds of guys all showing up expecting a date with her. The project illustrated how technology is creating distance between people, a lack of empathy, how we're eliminating each other from our lives with overtones of racism, sexism, and ableism.

Even before a video release, the story went internationally viral overnight and was covered by countless news articles, reaching tens of millions of people, and culminating in an exclusive interview and video premiere with ABC's Good Morning America.

https://abcnews.go.com/gma/living/mystery-revealed-girl-duped-dozens-guys-tinder/story?id=57352170

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/natasha-aponte-woman-who-tricked-thousands-of-men-on-tinder-explains-purpose-behind-dating-competition/

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/20/style/tinder-dating-scam-union-square.html

https://www.insideedition.com/why-woman-organized-mass-tinder-date-dozens-men-46178

http://time.com/5371870/tinder-group-date/

http://nymag.com/selectall/2018/08/model-tinder-scams-men-for-date-competition-in-union-square.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6091637/Tinder-Live-woman-says-incompatible-match-event-proves-point-trying-make.html

https://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/woman-who-duped-tinder-matches-into-dating-competition-has-important-message-1.4067682

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/remysmidt/why-did-the-woman-trick-men-into-tinder-date-new-york-city

https://www.askmen.com/news/entertainment/why-that-woman-tricked-dozens-of-men-using-tinder.html

https://gizmodo.com/woman-tricks-dozens-of-men-on-tinder-into-showing-up-fo-1828467914

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/2018/08/woman_stages_tinder_games