With Social distancing norms, self-isolations, national wide lockdowns in place to place, this gave space for the online dating apps which had suddenly adopted the change in human lifestyles. As a result, most app makers have introduced ‘Digital Date’. Haha Yeah!! A digital date which no one could imagine till now. ill this covid induced lives mending the purely online dating situation results in any behavioral changes in humans?
Tinder is now came up and testing a new feature of video dating to tackle the decreasing user growth of their app. While Bumble had already launched a video cum voice call feature previous year, Hinge has came up with ‘Date from Home’ feature in the month of March. This eases the awkwardness of messaging first time digitally.
Hinge experienced an huge messages stating that ‘Open for a virtual date’ during the period January – March. It has also stated that Matches have also been increasing day by day where conversations growing rapidly. It shows that singles turning to online dating rapidly.
Bumble too shows the overall increasing in their data depicts the increased use of app by new and existing users regularly which indicates chats, video calls and voice calls have been played significant roles. They also stated that with an average of 21 minute call duration on an average.
Dating Fatigue?
There’s no reason to rush conversations or skip interesting topics. Use this time to learn all about your potential love matches. You may discover that you have more in common than you originally thought (or not). This will help you to whittle down your post-quarantine dating shortlist.
Until you feel comfortable, it’s best to keep the conversation going within the dating app. If someone tries to convince you to move the conversation to WhatsApp or Messenger too early, they could be trying to scam you.
Author: Mihir Bommisetty
Tech Terminal 