Vaccination badges are coming to Tinder, Hinge, OKCupid, Plenty of Fish and other dating apps
Dating app giant Match Group is partnering with the White House to promote vaccines for a limited time.
Signage inside the offices of +1 Labs at Match Group in Dallas, on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. (Ben Torres / Special Contributor)
10:25 AM on May 21, 2021 CDT Updated 7 minutes ago
Singles using Tinder and other popular Match Group-owned dating apps will soon be able to display their vaccination status on profiles as a badge.
The new feature is part of Dallas-based Match’s new effort with the Biden administration to promote COVID-19 vaccines to the American public.
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‘Should we find ways to make online dating safer? Absolutely.’ Photograph: ibnjaafar/Getty
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A sacred part of the modern mating ritual is the Google search. Unless you are Meghan, who swears she didn’t look up Prince Harry before their first date, it’s par for the course to find out all you can about a potential love interest before meeting them in person. Now Tinder, and other Match Group-owned apps, are making things easier for armchair detectives: they have partnered with a non-profit called Garbo so users in the US can run background checks on their matches. All you need is a full name or a first name and phone number and up comes his or her chequered past.