In dating, ghosting is when someone ends all contact without explanation — profile unmatched, messages unanswered, calls avoided. The “friendlier” version of ghosting is called Caspering, named after the beloved cartoon ghost.

What is ghosting someone online?

Also known as the fadeaway — defined by Urban Dictionary as quietly disappearing from someone youve met on an online dating site — ghosting has surely always existed, but it seems to be increasingly ubiquitous, in part because social media and dating apps make it so easy to see when the person ignoring you is