What is "Secret Crush", the new sexual function of Facebook?

Facebook held its annual conference for developers this week in San Jose, California, where it usually has news about its various products. In the 2018 edition of the F8, the California-based company announced changes in social network design, scoops for Instagram and WhatsApp, and there was even time for a Mark Zuckerberg joke more criticized than celebrated.

He also presented "Secret Crush ", a new feature that competes with proposals such as Tinder, and intensifies badual desires (and magnets) within Facebook.

More than friends

The new feature is integrated with the dating platform of the social network, Facebook Dating. It was presented recently and arrived in March in our country. According to data provided by the company, on more than 2.3 billion Facebook users, 200 million do not have a stable partner.

When Rencontres appeared on the scene, social network explained that the proposal is to establish relationships outside the circle of knowledge. That is, it did not work to make appointments with friends or acquaintances who are part of the list on Facebook.

"Secret Crunch" comes to change this dynamic. The idea is "Show interest" to some friends on Facebook (up to nine). If any of these contacts has a profile on Facebook Dating, you will receive a notification stating that someone is interested.

If they match, the names are revealed. If the elected or the elected one is not in Dating, the platform will not reveal the "secret Coup de coeur" and there will be no "match".

As can be seen, the proposal is similar to that of Tinder. Of course: these "interests" are manifested in a circle of known people. This is because Facebook contacts are (mostly) known knowledge.

Immersed in criticism for his lax security measures and privacy policies (aside from Mark's joke), Facebook comments that it will not use data from this feature for your algorithm, for advertising or content order, according to the site wired. "Any activity that occurs in Encounters stays there and will not be shared externally," they promise about it from the company.

"Secret Crush" and Facebook Dating are available in countries where the social network has already launched its dating platform, including in Argentina.