Justin McLeod is flicking through my dating app profile and scratching his neatly trimmed beard. "I'm guessing this one probably gets you the most comments, right?" he says, looking at one of the "prompts" I've included. On Hinge – which claims to be the fastest-growing dating app in the UK, Australia, the US and Canada – users are provided with a series of questions to answer and feature on their profile, ranging from the jaunty – "Most embarrassing song on my Spotify" – to the slightly more personal: "I get along best with people who ..."

And he is quite right. My response to "A life goal of mine ..." (to write a cookbook) tends to get the most "likes", while an admission that my karaoke song is Shania Twain's You're Still the One proves less popular.

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