It is often said that in order to consolidate a romantic relationship and make it successful, the approval of friends and family is necessary.

But now dating app Tinder is going a step further by letting users’ friends and family recommend potential matches.

A feature that users will be able to give other people access to your accounts for 24 hours so they can imagine flavors.

With the Tinder Matchmaker, the application claims that it wants to turn dating into a ‘team sport’.

However, one dating expert warned there could be privacy concerns.

It is not strange to comment on profiles or matches (possible dates) with friends in real life, or even handing the phone to someone else to look at profiles on the app for a while.

The difference is in the function Matchmaker You can send the profiles you are interested in to a user-selected group of people so they can browse through them and give their opinions.

This group You cannot ‘like’ or reject potential partnersbut can make recommendations.

This feature will first be rolled out in 15 countries, including Mexico, Spain, Brazil, the United Kingdom and the United States, before going global in a few months.

Privacy

Dating expert and matchmaker Sarah Louise Ryan says the only downside she sees to the new feature is the fact that one’s profile can be shared digitally with others.

This means that up to 15 people can view a profile without having to log in to Tinder.

“One of the main reasons my clients come to me is for confidentiality“, To explain.

The new feature allows you to share profiles with up to 15 people. GETTY IMAGES

In 2016, the company said it would review its data privacy policy after it was accused of collecting private data from users without explicit consent.

In February 2023, it launched an ‘incognito mode’, which only shows user profiles to those who have already liked them, a feature available to paying subscribers.

Ryan emphasized that Matchmaking for friends and family is common in many communities with whom he had to work.

“Outsourcing the search for love is not a foreign concept,” he says.

Accept that on the one hand, people who are not directly connected can provide a more objective view of potential partners, but on the other hand, an overload of opinions can ‘confuse’ the person interested in making a decision.

The dating app Hinge launched a similar feature in 2017, but closed it shortly afterwards. And since 2019, it has been owned by Match Group, Tinder’s parent company.

Meanwhile, rival dating app Bumble has a feature that allows individual profiles to be shared with friends outside the app.

Tinder has been contacted for comment.