Ed Turner first downloaded the app in 2015 when he was 18, and his problems with dating apps started almost immediately after downloading them. At his peak, he had Tinder, Bumble, and Hinge on his phone, and he would talk to 10 women at once and go on a date once a week.
Turner discovered that he was suffering from borderline personality disorder and depression, and not getting the responses from women made his condition worse. Although he deleted the dating apps during his first long-term relationship in 2021, he could only think about returning to the world of right-wing.