{"id":14932,"date":"2019-04-30T18:12:31","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T18:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsoftsolution.com\/blog\/facebook-dating-opens-to-friends-with-secret-crush.html"},"modified":"2019-04-30T18:12:31","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T18:12:31","slug":"facebook-dating-opens-to-friends-with-secret-crush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/facebook-dating-opens-to-friends-with-secret-crush.html","title":{"rendered":"Facebook Dating opens to friends with Secret Crush"},"content":{"rendered":"

Facebook <\/a> built Dating to be privacy-safe, hoping to avoid the awkwardness of friends or family checking out your romance profile. But now Facebook has found a way to let you silently express your affection for a friend without them knowing unless they reciprocate.<\/p>\n

Facebook announced today at its F8 conference<\/a> that Dating is opening in 14 more countries, bringing the total to 19. It will launch in the US before the end of the year. Dating brings with it a new feature called Secret Crush that expands it beyond strangers and friends-of-friends. Choose up to 9 friends you like-like. If they\u2019ve opted into Facebook Dating, they\u2019ll get a notification that some friend has a crush on them. If they add you as a Secret Crush too, you\u2019re both notified and can chat on Messenger.<\/p>\n

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Facebook Dating product manager Charmaine Hung tells me that \u201cI have 2000 Facebook friends. I\u2019m not best friends with all 2000 people, and there\u2019s a good chance that one of that could be a really good match with me. I trust them, I appreciate them, and I know we\u2019re compatible. The only thing missing is knowing if we\u2019re both interested in being more than just friends without the fear of rejection if you were to do this in real life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Facebook announced Dating at F8 a year ago and launched it in Colombia<\/a> in September. Users opt-in, and then browse Events and Groups they\u2019re part of for potential matches. They send them a text-only message based on something in their profile which goes to a special Dating inbox. And if that person reciprocates, they can chat and maybe meet up. Now it\u2019s opening in the\u00a0Philippines, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Laos, Brazil, Peru, Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay, Guyana, and Suriname.<\/p>\n

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One concern with Secret Crush is that users might spam the feature by constantly adding a removing people from their list until they discover a match. That\u2019s why Facebook will only let you sub out one person per day after you reach your initial limit of 9.<\/p>\n

Currently there\u2019s still no plan to monetize Dating, but that\u2019s not the point. After years of scandals, Facebook needs to prove it deserves to be your social network. Mindlessly browsing the News Feed has proven to be exhausting and at times detrimental to health. But if the app can introduce you to your future spouse, or even just a summer fling, you might keep a place in your for Facebook too.<\/p>\n

Click below to check out all of TechCrunch\u2019s Facebook conference coverage from today:<\/em><\/p>\n

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