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Online Dating in the Coronavirus Era: How to Get With the Game
June 9, 2020 1:00 pm ET
Online Dating in the Coronavirus Era: How to Get With the Game
With in-person dating dubious, apps are offering safe, playful ways for matches to build a virtual relationship—from digital drawing games to shared cooking videos
June 9, 2020 1:00 pm ET
CHECKMATING Dating apps are encouraging quarantined singles to interact via games of all sorts Illustration: Kiersten Essenpreis
BEFORE COVID-19, the biggest danger of a first date was the risk of rolling your eyes while your match droned on about parasailing or poker. Back then, the online-dating protocol was to move from a brief chat via the app to a date, even kissing, “as quickly as possible after mutually swiping right,” said Coffee Meets Bagel founder Dawoon Kang .
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But now with no end to the pandemic in sight, dating-app creators are looking for ways to prolong safe virtual relationships for weeks, even months, stretching their roles from matchmakers to love nurturers.
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