Granny can choose your next partner with Tinder Matchmaker, are you up for it?

Countless generations of young people have fussed around when mom and dad picked partners for them and married them against their will. It’s 2023 and relatives are no longer picking marriage material for you, but they could select your next Tinder hookup. Ah, glorious 2023.

The world’s most popular dating app is now launching a new feature called Tinder Matchmaking (via The Verge). Its name is not as revealing as it should be, as something like “Let Granny Play Cupid” should be more appropriate. Let me explain.

Tinder’s new feature – Matchmaker – allows users to invite up to 15 loved ones (be it family or friends) to browse and recommend potential partners for you. Then, you get their recommendation lists and it’s up to you to decide if you should swipe left or right.

Here’s How Tinder Matchmaker Works:

• A Tinder Matchmaker session can be started directly from a profile card, or within app settings. Users can share their unique link with up to 15 friends in a 24-hour period.
• After following the link, the matchmaker can either log in to Tinder or continue as a guest (after completing an age verification prompt and agreeing to Tinder’s terms as outlined).
• Matchmakers have 24 hours to play Cupid before the session expires, where they can recommend profiles for the Tinder user but won’t be able to chat or send messages on their behalf.
• Once the session expires, Tinder users will have the opportunity to review the profiles their matchmakers’ Like for them. Profiles that received a Like from a matchmaker will be marked as a “recommendation” (profiles sent a Nope won’t change).
• The Tinder user still makes the final call on who to Like - but now knows who their friends are rooting for.

Tinder Matchmaker is available now in the United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom, and Vietnam, and will be rolling out to Tinder users globally in the coming months.

So, why not let someone else decide your love life for you?