Tinder recently provided a new feature on it’s app in what they call the Blind Date experience where users engage in conversation with someone before they can view their photos. If they decide they want to match with the other user, only then can they access and see what that other person looks like. It’s an almost refreshing 180 from the usual dating app experience where you have instant insight on what that other person looks like and within seconds decide to swipe left or right based immediately on looks. The Washington Post featured Agape Match CEO, Maria Avgitidis in their latest article on whether this new feature could work in the long run:
Maria Avgitidis, CEO of Agape Match, a matchmaking service based in New York, said this form of dating – and, more specifically, Tinder’s new Blind Date feature – does have the potential to encourage people to broaden their views on dating by meeting different people, many of whom are outside their usual “type.
This can be very positive if people are open to dating someone who might not necessarily be in their core attraction bubble,” she said. However, she added, it could also backfire, hurting people who are unmatched after their photos are seen.”
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