ARE YOU DATING A PERSON, OR AN EQUATION? Modern romance isn't a candlelit lounge; it's a high-speed assembly line. We've traded the "slow burn" for the "six-second sell," and "getting to know someone" has been replaced by digital forensics and the "paradox of plenty." If you've ever felt like a unit of inventory in a black-box algorithm, you aren't alone-and you aren't imagining it. In Dating in the Digital Era, seasoned dater Violet J. Shephard pulls back the curtain on the apps that were designed to keep you swiping, not to find you love. Part field guide and part survival manual, this book offers a witty, honest, and tactical roadmap for anyone tired of the "U up?" cycle and ready for something real.