Facebook Is Taking On Tinder With New Dating Features
The world’s largest social network is adding dating app features. Do you Trust Facebook with your data? How about with your love life? I guess it’s time you do as that"s what the company is hoping for. Yesterday, during the F8, Facebook’s annual developer conference, Mark Zuckerberg announced a new dating service, simply called "Dating," that will exist right within the social network"s own app. It will allow Facebook users to create separate profiles from their main Facebook accounts to pursue romantic connections. The two profiles won’t interact, meaning your Facebook friends won’t be able to see what your Dating profile says. And it should make dating app incumbents like Tinder and Bumble anxious. The features are a long time coming for the 14-year-old social network, which has allowed users to broadcast whether they’re single or in a relationship since it first went live in February 2004. The move will likely transform Facebook, with its more tha...