MeatFace

Fighting Tinder objectification. Create a MeatFace selfie.

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Fighting Tinder objectification. Create a MeatFace selfie.

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Hello Velocity

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Hey everyone I'm Lukas, a co-founder of Hello Velocity! This is a project we've been working on called MeatFace. It's web tool that lets you take selfies with t-bone steaks automatically superimposed over your face, for use in your Tinder profile ;-) The idea? Turn Tinder into a literal meat market in order to draw attention to how the swipe-based interface forces us to reduce ourselves to an image. (built using Microsoft face-recognition api if anyone is curious) We're an arts+tech group that makes odd things on the web! if you have any thoughts I'd love to hear them either here or by email (lukas@hellovelocity.com). Would also love to see your MeatFaces if you're so inclined :)

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10yr ago

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@hilukas @hellovelocity I understand your intention, but this is like banning racist words to stop people from being racist. It doesn't solve the problem. We've evolved as human beings to make quick decisions on other people based on how they look. You do that whether you're on a dating app or you see someone in the street. It's not necessarily a Tinder problem.

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10yr ago

Hello Velocity

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@stephenmarklevi @hellovelocity You could also argue that the problem is exacerbated by the interface - Tinder is hardly some kind of state-of-nature human existence, and I would reject the argument from evolution on those grounds. Pairing swipe based judgement and tinder's semi personal anonymity results in increased online harassment. When you have a system in which 57% of women (http://consumersresearch.org/con...) say that they have been harassed online you do not have a working platform.

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10yr ago

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@hilukas @hellovelocity online harassment is a completely separate issue. And you can deny biology all you want, we're programmed to judge people on the way they look. Threatening, safe, attractive, weak, untrustworthy etc. We all have natural bias towards these things.

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10yr ago