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    A workmate has come up on Tinder! Is it polite to swipe yes?

    The ubiquity of dating apps has resulted in a whole new set of social anxieties. But what’s the etiquette when someone you know pops up?
    by Elle Hunt Jun 23, 2017 4 minutes
    Morality policing over casual interactions distracts from the real issues, like: what do you do when a coworker or someone you know to be in a long-term relationship comes up? Photograph: SIphotography/Getty Images/iStockphoto

    My colleague just popped up on Tinder! Should I swipe yes just to be polite?

    Four years ago, over dinner, my friend showed me a new app on her phone. It served up an endless parade of faces: single men, in our area. I was scandalised.

    That that anecdote has already taken on a timeworn quality, like people’s first memories of colour television, is testament to just how mainstream location-based dating apps have become since Tinder pioneered the form in 2012.

    Now there’s Happn, which prioritises people you often cross paths with. Hinge, which has made itself over into the “relationship app”. Bumble,

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