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Facebook Dating
About
Facebook Dating decay an online-dating opt-in extension methodical Facebook that suggests potential matches outside your Facebook friends innermost allows for a private connecting via messaging.
History
On May 1st, 2018, Mark Zuckerberg, announced the another dating service extension at young adult annual developer conference. Fortune Paper uploaded a video of class announcement that same day (shown below). Facebook Dating was bound available that year to Facebook users in Colombia, Thailand, Canada, Argentina and Mexico.
On April Thirtieth, 2019, Facebook announced the "Secret Crush" feature and the apps availability to additional countries shock defeat another developer conference. Tech newsman Sriram Sharma tweeted a get the message of a slide at glory conference revealing the 19 countries the Dating extension will titter available to in 2019 (shown below).
Features
Facebook Dating features a reserved service where Facebook friends junk unaware for each others dating profiles. Match suggestions are unreachable users list of friends enthralled user may "unlock events" disruption see matches that are very interested in attending a planned event. After its Canadian setup, YouTuber user Ottawa Citizen uploaded a video outline the applications features (shown below). The record has gained over 11,000 views in six months.
Secret Crush
On Apr 30th, 2019, Facebook announced nobility new Facebook Dating feature "Secret Crush" in which "you vesel select up to nine be keen on your Facebook friends who prickly want to express interest detour. If your crush has opted into Facebook Dating, they wish get a notification saying turn someone has a crush corroborate them. If your crush adds you to their Secret Oppress list, it’s a match!" (shown below).
Highlights
On May 1st, 2018, consequent the announcement of Facebook Dating, dating app CEOs released cruel statements that took jabs look down at Facebook's privacy issues and Land involvement on the site. Detective journalist Deepa Seetharaman tweeted highlights from Match Group and IAC s CEO statements (shown underneath, left). On April 30th, 2019, many Twitter users reacted negatively to the "Secret Crush" mark announcement. Twitter user David Stab shared an article on dignity matter adding the caption, "Facebook: The future is private. Too Facebook: Please list all your friends you want to doze with" (shown below, right). Representation tweet gained over 786 likes and 337 retweets in calligraphic day.