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WhatsApp, the favorite application to flirt in times of COVID

The Covid-19 pandemic It caused, among other economic and health issues, the social distancing between the population of Mexico and the world. Faced with this change, technology took a relevant role in people’s lives and applications, What WhatsApp.

In this sense, the way we relate to each other also changed. WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger and Facebook are the favorite applications for Internet users to find a partner, according to a study by The Competitive Intelligence Unit (The CIU).

According to the analysis of this firm “Las Apps de Ligue”, the applications specifically designed for dating (Tinder, Bumble, Grindr, etc.), Internet users report that half have used them and their experience has been for 70 percent good or fair.

“These apps have become so common that today, that 7 out of 10 regular users say they are not ashamed to admit to their social and family circle that they use them”, Highlighted the document.

48 percent of Internet users have used Tinder; followed by Bumble, with 29 percent; Grindr, with 6.0 percent; and Badoo, with 9.0 percent.

One of the main reasons people uninstall dating apps is because they met someone or did not find what they were looking for.

SECURITY IN APPS

Internet users say that if they go on a date for the first time with someone they met online:

  • 8 out of 10 will try to do it in a public place
  • 5 out of 10 will discuss it with someone they trust
  • 4 out of 10 will share their geolocation with a friend or family member during the entire appointment
  • 4 out of 10 will talk to their date on the phone before seeing each other.

Although face-to-face appointments have decreased due to sanitary restrictions, lNetizens recognize that security is a very valuable aspect of their virtual dating experience.

This is why they seek cover security criteria before a “like” and before and during a face-to-face appointment.

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