I don’t really use Facebook, because they’re famous for mishandling and abusing user information.
I’m also in a long-term, committed relationship, so when I heard about Facebook Dating, my first thought was, “Wow, there’s literally nothing less up my alley than this!” But I was still kind of curious. With all the dating apps on the market, who in their right mind would want to find love through gross Facebook? I imagined a wasteland populated by only the most desperate people and boomers who can’t figure out how to download Tinder. But I’m a real journalist. Imagination is worthless. I needed to see for myself if I wanted to write a Facebook Dating review.
Facebook Dating is kind of annoying to find. It’s actually part of the standard Facebook app (which, again, nobody should ever use, because it’s probably stealing your data without your consent), so you have to navigate to the far reaches of the crappy mobile interface to access Facebook dating at all.
Once I made it in, Facebook wanted to know which “option(s)” I most closely identified with. This seemed pretty par for the course, but kudos to Facebook for including trans and non-binary folks (I hope that kind of inclusivity is common in dating services nowadays, but considering I haven’t been on the dating scene in 7 years, I have no idea).
Then Facebook asked me who I’m interested in seeing. I selected everyone, because I’m an equal opportunist, and I don’t want Facebook to have any information about my sexual preferences.
After I told Facebook which genders I’m interested in boning, they wanted to see a good photo of me. Continue reading “I Tried Out Facebook Dating and Took Screenshots to Prove It”