Japan Introduces My Number ID Card-Based Dating App: Breaking Faith No Longer Off-Limits
Cheers to genuine encounters on dating apps, thanks to Tapple's innovative feature. Japan's popular dating app Tapple has taken a proactive step to ensure authentic connections by allowing users to verify their single status through the country's My Number ID card.
In the app, it wasn't uncommon to come across profiles of married individuals claiming to be single. A survey of about 5,500 Tapple users revealed widespread concerns about encountering such profiles: 53.8% of men and 68.6% of women voiced these fears. Moreover, nearly all women and over 80% of men expressed a desire for a reliable method to confirm their potential partner's single status. An overwhelming 80% also aspired to openly demonstrate their romantic availability.
This new service seeks to alleviate these concerns, fostering a more secure and open environment for connections. By connecting to the Myna portal, users can scan their documents to obtain a certification of their marital status, which can then be visible in their app profile. The system cross-checks the information with official marital records, ensuring the data's accuracy.
Though the verification of marital status via My Number has been available for services like marriage agencies since last August, Tapple is the first major dating app to integrate it directly into its platform. With a national My Number card penetration rate nearing 80%, Tapple anticipates that this feature could soon become standard among users.
Tapple, much like other dating apps, caters solely to single individuals. The company hopes that this new tool will strengthen user trust and establish the app as a dependable meeting place. As dating apps have become an integral part of Japanese romantic lives, popularity has also brought about risks, such as romance scams and misrepresented relationship statuses. Now, those risks are diminished, as other apps are projected to follow Tapple's lead.
Here's a snapshot of the process:- Registration and Verification: Users register their My Number card on the app by scanning it through the Myna Portal. The portal then compares the user's declared marital status with official records maintained by government authorities.- Certification and Profile Update: Once verified, users receive a certification on their profiles, indicating their unmarried status. This enhances transparency and trust within the app.- Account Suspension for Married Users: If a user is found to be married during the verification process, their account is suspended. This ensures that only single individuals remain active on the platform.
This innovative move could pave the way for a safer online dating experience, potentially setting a precedent for other dating apps to adopt similar verification systems.
- Tapple's innovative feature, allowing users to verify their single status through My Number ID card, is an attempt to ensure authentic connections on dating apps.
- An overwhelming 80% of Tapple users expressed a desire for a reliable method to confirm their potential partner's single status, which this new feature addresses.
- Tapple, by integrating the My Number verification system directly into its platform, is the first major dating app to take such a proactive step in ensuring the authenticity of its users' relationship statuses.
- The system cross-checks the information with official marital records, ensuring the accuracy of the data displayed on users' app profiles.
- With the national My Number card penetration rate nearing 80%, Tapple anticipates that this feature could soon become standard among users, potentially leading to a safer online dating experience for all.
