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Tinder

Use Tinder? There's a big change on the way

You’ll soon be able to “super like” people.

TINDER, THE DATING app that lets you swipe right to like someone or left to dismiss them, is making a big change to this process.

Users can now swipe up on a user’s profile — to “super like” them.

The feature has been trialed in Australia for the past several weeks and is touted as a way to indicate that you really like a match.

In a blog post published in September, Tinder says that based on tests, if you “super like” a user, you’re three times as likely to match with them, and conversations that start with a super like are 70% longer on average.

You get just one super like a day, and they don’t carry over. After that, if you want more, you will need to pay.

TechCrunch reports the new feature is rolling out across the globe.

One TheJournal.ie staffer and fan of Tinder found that the update has arrived to Irish users.

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Tinder has been wildly successful. It’s estimated that in Ireland one in ten people have a profile.

Since its launch, it has grown to become the dominant dating app, off the back of its radical simplicity. No complex questionnaires, no personality tests, no real customisation options — just a short bio, a few photos, and you’re off.

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Tinder has made small alterations over the years. When it launched Tinder Plus, its premium paid version, in March, it introduced the ability to undo left-swipes and to set your location to a different city. But the overall formula has remained largely unchanged.

- Rob Price

Read: An Irish guy travelling in South America made his own Tinder app to supercharge his matches >

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    Mute Daniel Murray
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    Oct 1st 2015, 9:13 PM

    you can do it already… i sent one today, no joy

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    Mute Gearóid Ó Briain
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    Oct 2nd 2015, 2:03 AM

    Chin up mate, she doesn’t deserve you.

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    Mute Daniel Murray
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    Oct 2nd 2015, 11:36 AM

    Uodate: We have a match!!!!!!

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    Mute Maurice Quille
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    Oct 1st 2015, 9:01 PM

    Shouldn’t you be swiping down if you’re in Auz?
    Down would be their up. ….wouldn’t it?

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    Mute Paul Wallace
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    Oct 1st 2015, 9:08 PM

    Any woman who is attractive and and has her shit together doesn’t need to go online dating or use tinder…they get asked out all the time. That’s why as a man you stay away from online dating, poor quality women.

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    Mute Paul Roche
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    Oct 1st 2015, 9:12 PM

    Stalking is so noughties…

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    Mute The Dublin Cynic
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    Oct 1st 2015, 10:49 PM

    The ones with photos of them and their husband on their wedding day who do be on tinder

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    Mute Conor Power
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    Oct 2nd 2015, 6:09 AM

    Could be divorced?

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    Mute Jordan O'Byrne
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    Oct 2nd 2015, 6:27 AM

    Nope. Still married. Amount of women looking a piece offside on it is crazy. Always the same lines
    “I don’t normally do this”
    “This is my first time”
    “Can my husband join in”

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    Mute Uncle Monty
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    Oct 1st 2015, 9:03 PM

    Swipe down if you want to get more familiar with their nether regions.

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    Mute Rachel O' Meara
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    Oct 1st 2015, 9:04 PM

    A super like is just like a regular like only it’ll cost you a super amount of money!……..Can’t see it taking off myself but if the Internet has thought us anything it’s that there are fools out there that are only too happy to part with their cash!

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    Mute Jake Race
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    Oct 1st 2015, 10:11 PM

    If you superlike the clap.

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    Mute how
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    Oct 2nd 2015, 7:28 AM

    This generation are weak .. Trying to eliminate every possible source of discomfort .. Now they won’t even deal with the awkwardness of approaching someone to talk to them, they just arrogantly swipe left and right on a screen .. when I look around at all the scrawny bearded lads walking about I just know they couldn’t have survived in any other era, at least not possessing the traits and outlooks they do nowadays

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