Facebook Announces New Dating Feature; Match Plunges

By LaMesa on May 1, 2018

Facebook is launching a dating feature, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced during the keynote address at Facebook’s annual F8 developer conference Tuesday.”This is going to be for building real, long-term relationships — not just hook-ups,” Zuckerberg said, according to a CNBC report.The opt-in feature will match users specifically with people they aren’t already friends with. Facebook users can build a dating profile, which friends won’t be able to see.Shares of online dating company Match plunged 22 percent on the news.Photo Credit: AP
Source: NBC San Diego