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Service works on Facebook app for mobile devices and bets on meaningful relationships

Four months after announcing that Facebook would have a feature to dating, the company is finally starting to test this feature in Colombia. O Facebook Dating will work like other services of the type, such as the famous Tinder. In it, people will need to answer questions about themselves so that this can be used in the search for partners with similar or complementary thoughts. 4t3f5k

The differential of the Facebook Dating it's up to the Groups and Events features, which should help make it easier for people who have something in common to meet in public. To do so, the must first allow this type of information to be seen by other people on the resource.

Nathan Sharp, product manager of Facebook Dating, said that dating already happened frequently on the platform, and the idea now is just to make it easier and more comfortable for anyone who is interested.

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Feature being presented by Mark Zuckerberg

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The feature will not be present on Facebook for desktop with for now, just for the application on mobile devices. And even for those who have the app, participating in the dating feature is a matter of choice.

Anyone interested, must be over 18 years old and must go to the menu to select and activate the feature. Thus, it will be necessary to create a dating profile separate from the original platform profile, with more limited personal information.

The only information that will be migrated from Facebook to the dating feature is the name and age of . Plus, he'll have to create a short description of himself, tell him what he's looking for, add photos, and answer “how would you describe a perfect day” questions? It will also be necessary to inform the location, which will be verified through the GPS to avoid fraud.

It will also be possible to migrate photos from facebook or instagram
It will also be possible to migrate photos from Facebook or Instagram

Photos can be added both from the smartphone gallery, from Facebook albums and even from Instagram, if the has linked s. The app will search for partners within a radius of 100 kilometers. There is still no option to change the location, that is, whoever is visiting another place will have to run the location check again, to leave the new location as the default.

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The functioning of the system makes Facebook friends not are shown in the list, only people with whom the has not yet conexão next. They also exclude people the has blocked or unfriended on Facebook from the possibilities.

to find by Played, the company takes some aspects and details into consideration. First the location, to make sure that people live close together and thus facilitate interaction and conviviality. Second, it also compares the pages these people tend to give likes, the similarities between the profiles of the original platform, even if one does not have access to the other, unless they are later added, and finally, mutual friends. This of course, in addition to the similarities between the profiles made for dating, which is very important.

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Upon entering the app, it is possible to see a selection of people and from there, choose one by touching their photo and send a message of interest. From there, you have to wait if the person will respond back or ignore. That's because, unlike Tinder, there's no need for a match only then to be able to talk. in the service of Facebook the can send messages to other people even before this step. So it's up to the other to answer back or just ignore it.

Facebook dating can show your groups and events
Facebook Dating can show your groups and events

If the other person responds, then a new chat will open for a conversation. It is important to note that in this conversation it is only allowed to send text and emojis, that is, you cannot send photos or videos. It is a conversation window of the resource itself and not the Facebook Messenger.

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In explanation of this fact, Facebook says that the intention is to get people to actually talk and engage in significant relationship rather than just temporary fun, even if they don't rule out that it can and should happen in the Facebook Dating as with any application of this type.

Company wants to bet on building real relationships
Company wants to bet on building real relationships

The feature is still being tested, so it could be that it undergoes some changes before it is actually released to all other countries, but the fact is that Facebook is ready to enter what seems to be a promising market these days.

Nathan Sharp also stated that the objective is to make the platform the best place to look for partners and partners online. With the amount of people who still use it, this is possible, it remains to be seen if the company will be able to get the formula right and win a good part of its s in this period.

So, did you like it? Will you test the new function? Tell us! Leave a comment.

Source: TheVerge

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