Tinder will now let you block phone contacts from showing up in your feed

Sifting through the masses on a dating app can be difficult and discouraging enough on its own, but nothing is worse than when you see someone you'd really rather not see while swiping. After years of it being a problem, Tinder's introducing a solution.

After a testing phase in India, Korea, and Japan, Tinder is rolling out the ability to block personal contacts from appearing in the popular dating app's feed of potential partners. Users can dig into the new feature by going to the settings menu and selecting the "Block Contacts" option. From there, they can go through their phone's entire collection of contacts and block anyone they'd like to avoid for any reason. Read more...