WEBVTT - MINI: Tinder trials new height filter - is this okay?

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<v Speaker 2>I tell you what, Laura, it is a dog eat

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<v Speaker 2>dog world out there in the dating community, isn't it.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean you wouldn't know you've been married for seven years.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, but prior to that, I dated every one. I

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<v Speaker 3>had had a good litmus. Don't worry. I mean I

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<v Speaker 3>also just did get married.

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<v Speaker 2>I am off the market, but I have a bunch

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<v Speaker 2>of single friends that are constantly like talking to me

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<v Speaker 2>about what the online dating world is like. And it

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<v Speaker 2>is really hard, and I have bad news. It's getting harder.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you think it's getting harder or do you think

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<v Speaker 1>it's just always been like ever since online dating has come,

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<v Speaker 1>because you've just got the opportunity of choice, there's so

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<v Speaker 1>many people. It's kind of like gamified online dating.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I think it's getting harder because if you think

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<v Speaker 2>about when online dating started, it was just like you

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<v Speaker 2>signed up and had at it like men, women went on,

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<v Speaker 2>You put your age on and basically that was it.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's gotten there's so many layers, it's gotten so complicated.

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<v Speaker 2>And now Tin has released, well it's a trial. They're

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<v Speaker 2>trialing a new feature that is not good news for

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<v Speaker 2>our short kings.

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<v Speaker 3>You can basically filter now for height.

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<v Speaker 2>So if you say I only want a tall guy,

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<v Speaker 2>which you know most women say I only want a

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<v Speaker 2>tall guy, it filters them out and then our short

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<v Speaker 2>kings are not even given a chance. It is causing

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of stir online because there are a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of people that are all for this feature, like I

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<v Speaker 2>guess a lot of women that know that they only

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<v Speaker 2>want a tall guy.

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<v Speaker 3>They're all for it.

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<v Speaker 2>But there's a lot of people that are saying it's

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<v Speaker 2>actually discrimination, Like you are filtering out on the way

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<v Speaker 2>that I look physically like my physical appearance, and I

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<v Speaker 2>have to say I'm on their side. I don't think

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<v Speaker 2>we should be having a height filter for online dating.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a weird one, isn't it, because it really kind

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<v Speaker 1>of comes into this gray area. It's like having a

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<v Speaker 1>bald filter, or it's like having a weight filterah, a

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<v Speaker 1>weight filter. The only thing though, is if you are

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<v Speaker 1>a woman and you are particularly tall, like a really

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<v Speaker 1>really tall girl, or you're a guy and you're a

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<v Speaker 1>particularly short guy, maybe it just removes some of the

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<v Speaker 1>admin because I would dare say that normally I don't know.

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<v Speaker 3>That this is a stereotyp.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want to get myself into trouble, but often

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<v Speaker 1>really tall girls and really short guys don't seem to

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<v Speaker 1>be a perfect match. It seems as though like that

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<v Speaker 1>would probably be the only time that it would come

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<v Speaker 1>in handy.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, but then maybe, I mean not maybe you don't

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<v Speaker 2>have to have a filter for that. People can put

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<v Speaker 2>their height on their bio themselves anyway, So then what's

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<v Speaker 2>the difference, because you're still given the choice, like zac

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<v Speaker 2>Efron hot megababe, he's tiny, but people.

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<v Speaker 3>Would yeah, I'm taller than zach Efron' he's not a

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<v Speaker 3>tall man. Energy he does, he's got b D energy.

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<v Speaker 2>But my point is, like I do think, and in

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<v Speaker 2>the words of producer Grace, you're robbing yourself of love,

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<v Speaker 2>like you're robbing yourself.

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<v Speaker 3>Off with the potential. I've dated people that are shorter

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<v Speaker 3>than me. They've been fantastic people. Did it work out? No,

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<v Speaker 3>But it wasn't because of their height.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Look, I mean, I know we made jokes. I've

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<v Speaker 1>my one of my ex boyfriends was quite a bit

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<v Speaker 1>shorter than me and it never made a difference. But

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<v Speaker 1>I do think that if I had had the height

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<v Speaker 1>restriction on Tinder, firstly, I would never have met him,

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<v Speaker 1>but also I think I probably would have used it,

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<v Speaker 1>and so I would have ruled him out because.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know I am.

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<v Speaker 1>I guess I'm relatively tall for a girl.

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<v Speaker 3>What am I like?

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<v Speaker 1>One hundred and seventy seven centimeters? Yeah, which I would

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<v Speaker 1>say that in dating. When I was online dating, I

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<v Speaker 1>definitely rocked up to a couple of dates where my

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<v Speaker 1>dates were particularly short and I knew we both kind

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<v Speaker 1>of met each other and were like, well, should.

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<v Speaker 3>Have talked about it?

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<v Speaker 1>I wish I wish we'd asked, you know, And it's

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<v Speaker 1>not like it should be a big deal, but I

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<v Speaker 1>think it is for a lot of people.

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<v Speaker 3>I think that a lot of people care about heart.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, but then why can't we just ask, have these conversations,

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<v Speaker 2>talk to someone, put it in your bio. I think

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<v Speaker 2>the fact that we can now filter out people based

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<v Speaker 2>on appearance, for me is yucky. I don't like it,

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<v Speaker 2>and a lot of the short king men or other

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<v Speaker 2>people are now sort of like firing back saying cool

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<v Speaker 2>if you want to filter from that.

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<v Speaker 3>How do you feel if we put a weight filter

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<v Speaker 3>on which which is all a bit silly, isn't it.

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<v Speaker 2>No one's a bit tipped for tab But I understand

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<v Speaker 2>what they're saying from that, Like I understand that they're

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<v Speaker 2>a fair did that people can filter them out based

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<v Speaker 2>on their physical appearance that they can't change.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, And I guess the only thing is is like

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<v Speaker 1>if someone's borderline, like if someone is tall, borderline to

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<v Speaker 1>your preference, you know, like they might be a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit shorter than what you think.

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<v Speaker 2>You want in a person, but they're amazing in every

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<v Speaker 2>other capacity.

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<v Speaker 1>Like that seems a bit silly to rule someone out

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<v Speaker 1>because you've got a bit of a high preference, you know.

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<v Speaker 3>Whatever beggars cart he chooses too. If you're looking for

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<v Speaker 3>for love, don't sing all those men out. Zendeia didn't.

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<v Speaker 2>And she's engaged to Tom Holland and they're a beautiful couple,

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<v Speaker 2>very happy.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you so much for that. It that's beautiful.