By: Lee Rickwood
Being out of touch is one thing, being out of date – especially on a dating app – could be much worse.
No one likes to be catfished online, so having up-to-date profile photos is important in online dating, a point of honesty, authenticity and safety.
Catfishing, the process of luring someone into a relationship by means of a fictional online profile, has no place on the dating scene (hatfishing, the apparent hiding of truth by means of wearing a chapeau in all photos, seems a goofier kind of misrepresentation, perhaps but not necessarily less worrisome), be on- or offline.
Video adds content and character to an online dating profile. Now, it can be used to add safety and security to the online dating scene at Tinder.
Members go through a series of prompts to make a 3-D facial map of themselves, which is then compared to submitted still photos. It’s not a perfect process in all cases, but a big boost for those concerned with safety and honesty in their online dating activities.
Members will be able to request that other people who want to connect or context them also be verified, and Tinder application setting tools allow members to manage their status. Video selfie in Photo Verification is available now, and the ability to select Photo Verified Members only in Message Settings will roll out in the coming months, the company reports.
Tinder isn’t able to provide exact numbers regarding their users, but it does describe its more than 530 million total downloads (to end of last year). Continue reading
