Mark Zuckerberg's company never misses the opportunity to copy the competition, and in cases like Instagram, the success has been tremendous. Now Facebook wants to also target dating applications and love encounters through Facebook Dating, which is the equivalent of Tinder of the social network. The launch of this new application is the new effort by Mark Zuckerberg to retain the public in his great social network, which is losing more and more followers and becoming more irrelevant in a sea of fake news and viral content.
Published by Facebook on Wednesday, 4 of September of 2019
The first thing is to emphasize that Facebook Dating has already been launched in the United States of America and 19 other countries, however it will not land in Europe until the beginning of next year 2020, so you can prepare in the meantime. The application is completely free and will be integrated with the different Facebook services, which we do not know well if it is bad or good. In theory they allude to having worked with security experts to be able to maintain the privacy of users, establishing blocking and reporting functions.
Finding a romantic partner is deeply personal, and that's why we've built Dating to be safe, inclusive, and optional - Nathan Sharp, Product Manager, Facebook Dating
Facebook Dating will be restricted to users of legal age, and can be removed at any time. By default, only a series of fairly concise information will be displayed, unless we configure it differently, therefore, the contacts we have on Facebook Messenger, for example, will not be able to know if we are using Facebook Dating unless we want to do so that in theory the Facebook Dating and Facebook profiles will be separate. Facebook Dating is available in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, the Philippines, Guyana, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Singapore, Suriname, Thailand, Uruguay, and Vietnam.