Men across the internet are fuming after Tinder announced it was introducing “height verification” to stop men from lying about their measurements on the dating app. Tinder dropped the news on Friday and seemingly ruined the weekend for many dudes who have no sense of humor or understanding about double standards.
Introducing the thing you never asked for, but definitely always wanted—Tinder Height Verification. Coming soon.
— Tinder (@Tinder) March 29, 2019
Read more about it here: https://t.co/8MER0L1U6W pic.twitter.com/hZ507zSoic
“It’s come to our attention that most of you 5’10ers out there are actually 5’6. The charade must stop,” Tinder’s press statement read from Friday. It said it was only applying this in the U.S., as it predicts “a huge decline in the 80% of males on Tinder who are claiming that they are well over 6 feet.”
What people (i.e., angry men) didn’t seem to realize was that it was an early April Fools’ joke. And their reactions are priceless. Like many men tend to do when they feel attacked, they chose to pick on women.
https://twitter.com/willoliver/status/1111980722141704193
https://twitter.com/NomadicHustler/status/1111804422156365824
Cool with this. Just add a weight verification as well for the ladies who love to show those old pics!
— Rick Golfs (@Top100Rick) March 29, 2019
Weight verification
— Kasin Garber (@g0rillag0d) March 29, 2019
https://twitter.com/DWSharpe_/status/1111947479753392128
https://twitter.com/James_lames11/status/1112003629744033793
Others were just very, very angry.
They need a weight verification. I feel attacked by this, and I will not stand for it 😤
— Alexander Kroening (@Kroening1991) March 30, 2019
I wasn’t getting any matches before and now you’re absolutely sabotaging every hope I have for some in the future. This is disgusting and I will not stand for it.
— 100T Nadeshot (@Nadeshot) March 30, 2019
Some at least understood the hypocrisy of body-shaming even if they didn’t get the joke.
That's not the point, of course men can be fat.
— Rick Golfs (@Top100Rick) March 29, 2019
Women care about height much more than men. Men care about weight much more than women.
If men asked for weight verification, we'd be vilified. It's all superficial bullshit. Just love the hypocrisy.
https://twitter.com/Suffragentleman/status/1111840861267128320
Some actually did have a sense of humor.
this tinder height verification system is sending me, men's profiles bout to start looking like this lmaooo pic.twitter.com/d9vrWrxKQT
— i’m mr sterling everything (@duddersj) March 30, 2019
All the 5’4 guys seeing tinder is adding height verification https://t.co/ueCPVav1JF
— kyle (@knicks_tape99) March 29, 2019
https://twitter.com/sadzac/status/1112050354403885056
Some just wanted to correct Tinder for showing a foot equaling 10 inches.
LOL if it weren't superficial enough already.
— Jaclyn Frank (@JaclynGlenn) March 30, 2019
Also, FYI tinder… there are 12 inches in a foot.
https://twitter.com/therealhwilson/status/1111835608266297344
why… why are there only 10 inches in a foot
— The Salamancer (@SRbackwards) March 30, 2019
If anything, it really revealed what people apparently lie about on Tinder.
https://twitter.com/rotten_tonic/status/1111778317797974016
Is there a way to verify if a person is really sapiosexual?
— Pathikrit Banerjee (@IamPathikritB) March 29, 2019
https://twitter.com/EssieWuud/status/1112027745964441600
And some deep-seated prejudices.
https://twitter.com/Communism_Kills/status/1111986608075669504
thank you. short men need to be oppressed.
— fuck bbc (@yeolginine) March 30, 2019
https://twitter.com/tacocuck/status/1112030942409957376
“To celebrate April Fool’s Day, we wanted to raise awareness that really only 14.5% of the U.S. male population is over 6′ despite the many Tinder bios claiming otherwise,” Jenny Campbell, CMO of Tinder, told the Daily Dot. “This caused quite a stir among our users, and while we aren’t really verifying height, we do encourage people to stand proudly in their truth when filling out their bios. And conversely, we encourage all Tinder users to keep an open mind while swiping. Sometimes your most unexpected match can lead to amazing things.”
While there’s virtually no data on women’s preference for height in their male partners, anecdotal reports show it varies—for some women, it matters, and for many, it doesn’t. Not that it’s just a women’s preference thing, either. As seen in these recent surveys by VICE and Elite Daily, some men freak out about their partner’s height if they’re taller and ask them to tone it down.