Dating apps’ promises exceed reality – and yet we wait for the next swipe right | Letters

Vicky Littler and Anthony Weir respond to articles in the Guardian series Swipe right: the decade that changed dating

Like Gatsby's endless examination of Daisy's green light across the bay, the singleton's incessant search for ideal" remains always out of reach (I'm a dating app evangelist - but even I'm not on Tinder any more, 15 August; Dating apps have made our love lives hell. Why do we keep using them?, 16 August).

The promise exceeds what reality will deliver: the facade of beauty, wit and chemistry conjured through our screens belies doctored images, unrepentant creeps and bores. The collective romantic subconscious, carefully curated by Disney and Richard Curtis, cannot survive its collision with reality.