Dating Apps
Play Up COVID …
User Reference of ‘Vaccine’ is Up
1/23/202110: 43 AM PT.
Getting vaccinated– or at least a willingness to– may be the key to love in the 21 st century … due to the fact that it’s apparently all the rage on dating apps nowadays.
Reps for Tinder, Bumble and OkCupid have all recently said they’re seeing a significant uptick in how many times their users are pointing out the words “vaccine” or “immunized’ in their bios, not to point out the number of are using vaccination preparedness as a screener for matches.
Tinder states the number of times “vaccine” has been mentioned in user bios has actually increased as much as 258%in between the months of September and December … including casual mention of it, like … “if you think in the 5-second rule … don’t worry about what’s in the vaccine.”
Bumble states it’s seen a “steady increase” in how frequently “vaccine” is pointed out in bios, and OkCupid says those who indicate they’ve currently gotten vaccinated or happy to are resembling at double the rate of individuals who freely state they’re not thinking about getting it.
OkCupid has also tailored its profile questionnaire to deal with the pandemic, with concerns about what one might think about a perfect lock-down date, etc. Bumble has similar filters.
Here’s the important things though … there’s a big chance that the people being mentioned here are simply TALKING about vaccines, as opposed to in fact being immunized– assuming we’re speaking about 20- somethings, who comprise the biggest group of users on these apps.
Unless you work in health care or education as a 20- something, you’re probably not immunized yet– as it isn’t offered for that age group. In the meantime … frontline workers, necessary employees and the senior have priority, and who are expected to be getting it initially.
Still, it might eventually be one’s ticket to an in-person date. The next few months will be informing.
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