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"There's no word on why Tinder is down, though."

Do I remember reading in El Reg's round up of dating apps recently that to use Tinder you need a Facebook account, because it logs in to try to find you friends of friends?* If so, that's the answer.

If not, I'm getting too old to be doing all this remembering stuff malarky.

^{* You may also therefore need friends.}