I Spoke To The Guys Behind That Viral "Offline Dating" Video
BuzzFeed - Latest 2015-08-19
Summary:
Was it sweet? Or creepy? Now that everyone is talking about the Tinder “dating apocalypse”, I decided to quiz the men behind the project.
Last month, filmmaker Samuel Abrahams decided to film his friend Tom Greaves' efforts to ask out women on the street.
The experiment: to see what happens when you swap apps like Tinder for awkward exchanges IRL – a move from online to offline dating.
Samuel Abrahams / BuzzFeed
Since being uploaded to YouTube on 6 July, the video has amassed almost half a million views.
It has been written about by the Daily Mail, the Evening Standard, The Guardian, and a host of other outlets.
