TECH CRUNCH – Sep 5 – Facebook's dating product is today launching to all in the U.S., promising to leverage the company's deep insight into people's personal data to deliver better matches than Tinder, Bumble, Match and others. With its U.S. arrival, Facebook Dating will now also allow users to integrate their Instagram posts in their dating profile and add their Instagram followers to their "Secret Crush" list, in addition to Facebook friends. For starters, the people users are shown on Facebook Dating will not include your Facebook Friends. Users can also opt to have Facebook Dating only show them people without common friends. Dating is an opt-in experience. Officially, Facebook says that match suggestions are based on "your preferences, interests, and other things you do on Facebook."
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Facebook Snagged Dating-related Patent This Month
SILICON VALLEY BUSINESS JOURNAL – Aug 26 – Facebook has secured a patent called "Systems And Methods For Providing a Community-Based Dating Service For a Social Networking System". Facebook is going to launch its Dating feature in the U.S this year. The patent, which Facebook filed April 29, lays out ways that the service would work. Facebook users would be able to unlock dating features associated with groups and events of which they are already members, allowing them to communicate with other members.
by Allison Levitsky
See full article at Silicon Valley Business Journal
Facebook Dating Is Testing New Onboarding Screens
Facebook Dating to Allow Users to See if Their Friends Have a Crush on Them
VOGUE INDIA – July 9 – Following the launch of Facebook Dating in Colombia, Thailand, Argentina and Mexico, the app is slowly expanding to more countries including: Singapore, Malaysia, Brazil, Vietnam and the Philippines. It is also set to debut in the US in late 2019, and Australia shouldn't be too far behind either. The inbuilt app has eliminated the Tinder-style swipe right, swipe left mechanism and has a unique algorithm that matches users with potential love interests instead. One important feature of this algorithm is called "Secret Crush", where users can find out whether or not their real life friends might have a crush on them. Users can add up to nine friends on the list and Facebook notifies these friends that they have a secret admirer. The admirer won't be revealed unless there is a mutual secret crash.
Facebook Secret Crush Will Be Embarrassing Version of Tinder, Twitter Users Say
EASTON CALLER – June 2 – Social media users expressed their displeasure at Facebook's decision to launch Secret Crush, pointing out that a lot could go wrong. Those using Secret Crush will be able to select up to nine existing connections to express interest in. If two Facebook users appear on each other's Secret Crush list, it's a match. Facebook has insisted the feature won't result in unwanted attention. They said if your crush isn't on Facebook Dating, a crush will go undetected. If a person on a crush list opts into Facebook Dating, they will get a notification saying that someone has a crush on them.
Royal Malaysia Police Issues Safety Guidelines on Facebook Dating
THE STAR – May 14 – Royal Malaysia Police has listed guidelines on how to stay safe while navigating Facebook Dating. The guidelines include common sense (but worth repeating) steps as refraining from disclosing one's personal information. Users were also encouraged to do a background check on anyone they planned to meet with in real life before actually doing so. Malaysia is one of 14 countries where Facebook Dating is available.
by Angelin Yeoh
See full article at The Star
Match Group Stock Bounced Back, Facebook Hasn’t Killed Tinder
BARRON'S – May 8 – It has been a year since Facebook announced it was getting into online dating and Match Group stock fell to $35. But it closed at $60 yesterday, and it was recently up 6% in after-hours trading after the company announced Q1 results. Tinder performed well, with subscribers and ARPU described as the main reasons for Match's revenue growth. Facebook, meanwhile, continues to move ahead with dating services. It is expected in the US later this year.
by David Marino-Nachison
See full article at Barron's
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Facebook Dating Now Available in Singapore
TODAY ONLINE – May 2 – Facebook dating feature has been available since last year in Argentina, Canada, Colombia, Mexico and Thailand, and it was expanded this week to include 14 more countries in the South-east Asian and South American region. Besides Singapore, other countries are Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam. In South America, the feature will be made available to Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname and Uruguay. Once a user has signed up for a profile, he or she will see suggested matches on the Facebook Dating page, which will show other users who have opted to use the service. The suggested matches will show the profiles of people who are not from the user's list of "Friends" or "Friends of Friends". However, a user may choose to view the profiles of people from his or her "Friends of Friends" list. Once a user is interested in a match, he or she may send a text message to the other person. A user is allowed to send a message to another Facebook Dating user only once, but may continue the conversation if the other party responds.
by Navene Elangovan
See full article at Today Online
Facebook Dating Opens to Friends With Secret Crush
by Josh Constine
See full article at Tech Crunch