Even amid the uncertainties of the COVID-19 pandemic, you can still continue looking for love and dating through virtual platforms.

To cater to single people under home quarantine ready to find love again, dating app Tinder has just launched an in-app video feature for users in Indonesia. The video feature has also been available for users in various countries including Australia, Brazil, France, Italy, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, the United States and Vietnam.

Tinder also has a caveat, mind you. Several reports by The Jakarta Post cautioned users against sexual harassment and financial scamming.

If dating apps are not your thing, the clinical director of the Center for Healthy Sex in Los Angeles Alexandra Katehakis advised in one of her YouTube videos for you to “tell the world”: your friends, family members, colleagues, business associates, even your hairdresser – that you are currently looking for love. Then, upon finding that person, you can just enjoy dating online with them using video and phone calls.

Katehakis said online dating during the pandemic could help new couples to grow their love slowly instead of jumping straight into sex, which could often be the case when people did not need to observe physical distancing. You can also take more time to get to know yourself better and get to know your date along the way, according to Katehakis.

“Write down what you are looking for in a partner in terms of educational level, spiritual beliefs, lifestyles and appearance. Once you begin dating each other online, pay attention to what they say. What they like and what they don’t like,” she told The Jakarta Post.

Katehakis advised, in order to prevent being manipulated and exploited by people you had just met, avoid talking about things that were too personal and confidential in the beginning of your date: “talk about pop culture or politics instead”.

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