Facebook Dating Review October 2024

It is important to know that creating a Facebook account will not automatically register you to the dating feature. These are two different things. Consequently, blocking someone on Dating will not block them automatically on Facebook. To create a dating account, you must opt to sign up on Facebook Dating. Users will create a separate profile on Dating. This goes the same with messaging--you will have a separate inbox for it.

The reason behind separating your Facebook account from your Dating account is to ensure that joining the dating feature is completely intentional for the user's part. By doing so, this cultivates a space where people would go beyond the virtual world and actually meet personally in the future.  

Upon the creation of your account, you can breathe easy since it won't appear on your newsfeed nor will your friends be notified about it. Registering is completely discreet and private. 

What does this innovative site have to offer when it comes to dating? Well, first and foremost, the cream of it all is the finely-tuned matchmaking process. It uses a one-of-a-kind algorithm that matches you with people basing on the data it already has on you such as likes, hobbies, and mutual friends.You can also use filters when it comes to matching so you can only browse users that have passed your preferences on location, religion, age, etc. 

You can also send interest to other users. Although, there is a certain limit on how many people you can send interest to. This prevents spamming and just approving everyone you can see. 

Another innovation this site has to offer is the inability to swipe right unlike other dating apps. Following in line with the idea of "meaningful relationships" other than "flings and hook-ups," you must tap "Not Interested" if you don't want to see that particular user. To directly contact one, a simple "hi" will not suffice. Rather, you must pick a question or a photo from a person's profile and ask them a question related to it. Once the message is sent, you can't see that person's profile again unless he or she responds. This gives agency to the responder and allows a genuine exchange to take place. 

You can browse events and groups. You must manually unlock the event or group you are interested in Dating to match with people who have attended the same event or joined the same group. Do take note that users will not be matched to you unless they opted to be discovered to abide by the privacy policy.

Once you have created your profile, you must verify your city's location. It is easily done using your phone's location services. Facebook also took necessary precautions to separate the main Facebook profile from the Facebook Dating profile. Although some people are nervous since both functions are available in just one app, the developers squash those fears by separating the two accounts--profile-wise and inbox-wise. 

Your Dating profile will not be seen by your friends and users who are not on the dating feature. It will not show up on the newsfeed for privacy. Information from your Facebook profile will not be automatically synced, too. You must manually input important personal details such as bio, workplace, children, religion, education, height and etc. These are not mandatory so you can get to choose which information you'd like to share on this platform. 

Facebook Dating offers inclusivity by having nonbinary genders and sexual orientations as options. You can upload photos from your Facebook account--the ones you've uploaded yourself, pictures you've been tagged in, and the ones crossposted on Instagram. You can also answer personality questions such as, "What song always makes you sing along? How loud?” to make your profile more attractive and personal. This also optimises that matchmaking process. So far, there are only 20 available questions that can be answered.

The site is totally free