{"id":3289,"date":"2016-04-29T15:54:39","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T07:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/29\/tinder-social-what-the-new-group-dating-feature-is-really-like\/"},"modified":"2016-04-29T15:54:39","modified_gmt":"2016-04-29T07:54:39","slug":"tinder-social-what-the-new-group-dating-feature-is-really-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/29\/tinder-social-what-the-new-group-dating-feature-is-really-like\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinder Social: What the new group dating feature is really like"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tinder\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.3.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzA0LzI5L2JiL3RpbmRlci4yMGUwZC5qcGcKcAl0aHVtYgk1NzV4MzIzIwplCWpwZw\/c9398a1e\/077\/tinder.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Tinder+Social%3A+What+the+new+group+dating+feature+is+really+like&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04%2F29%2Ftinder-social-group%2F\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04%2F29%2Ftinder-social-group%2F&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A couple of weeks ago, I stumbled into an old friend and her buddies who looked utterly deflated at a burger restaurant in Sydney, Australia late on a Friday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">They were at the end of a lacklustre group date with a band they had met on Tinder. 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