Earlier this week Match Group outlined that Tinder will soon have a new set of tools that will allow users to filter who they can be matched with based on hobbies, political and religious positioning, relationship type, and even physical traits like height and body type.

Can you filter ethnicity on Tinder?

Bumble and Tinder, the two dominant dating apps, do not allow users to sort by race. It may not make any difference, though. Scholarly research over the past decade has proven that, unsurprisingly, people take their racial biases with them when they log on to swipe right.

Can you filter Tinder messages?

Tinder to add new features, including tools to filter matches, text and photo prompts. In December, dating app Bumble announced new tools to filter match by more than just age and distance. “Tinder U is an example of this type of feature, where we enable users to limit their matches only to other college students.

Can you choose your type on Tinder?

If you want to change who you see on Tinder, you can change your Discovery Preferences. These settings tell Tinder the type of person youre looking for so that it can give you possible matches that will suit your taste.

Can you choose religion on Tinder?

Right now, dating app users can include their general preferences in searches, such as education, religion, and political leanings, but matches arent necessarily narrowed to a specific population, (such as college students who use Tinder U).