Facebook to compete with Tinder: New dating service presented by Zuckerberg
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Facebook is adding a dating layer to its main mobile app, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has stated during the company's F8 developers conference in San Jose, California.
"This is going to be for building real, long-term relationships — not just for hookups," Zuckerberg joked onstage, saying that it's going to be within the main Facebook app, but it will be entirely optional and opt-in only.
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"We have designed this with privacy and safety in mind from the beginning. Your friends aren't going to see your profile, and you're only going to be suggested to people who are not your friends," he said.
This is already what other dating apps that rely on Facebook data do, such as Tinder.
Among other innovations, Facebook is ready to launch a portable headset that it's counting on to transform the geeky realm of virtual reality into a mass phenomenon.
Facebook F8 is a conference held by Facebook almost every year, which is intended for developers and entrepreneurs who build products and services around the platform.
