Meta’s announced some new updates for Facebook Dating, its own relationship connection tool, which it first launched back in 2019.
Yes, Facebook Dating is still a thing, and with more people looking to use the app to find a partner, especially (surprisingly) young people, Meta’s now looking to help people find the best matches based on their interests.
First off, Meta’s rolling out a new dating assistant, which will help you find more relevant matches in the app.
As explained by Meta:
“Dating assistant is a chat assistant within Facebook Dating that gives you personalized help on your dating journey. It can help you find better matches based on your interests and preferences, giving you refined search and custom match recommendations.”
Which sounds a little questionable, in that the assistant might be helping users craft messages, thus betraying who they actually are.
But that’s not the aim. As you can see in the above sequence, the assistant is primarily designed to help each user find more relevant matches based on their specific interests and notes.
“The assistant allows users to go beyond traditional traits like height or education, allowing you to enter unique prompts tailored to what you’re looking for. For example, you can write ‘Find me a Brooklyn girl in tech’ and the dating assistant will help you with your search.”
So while you can also use the assistant to “provide dating ideas or help you level up your profile,” it’s not intended to help users simulate an alternative personality, which could make them appear more interesting in the app.
But it can also do that, and that element, again, seems a little dicey, especially if you’re trying to find people that match your actual personality, not some AI-generated persona of what you want to be. But clearly Meta sees this as enhancement, not as misrepresentation. We’ll see what users think.
In addition to this, Meta’s also adding a new feature called “Meet Cute,” which will automatically connect you with a surprise match based on Meta’