June 17, 2025 • 4 mins
Tinder is trialling a controversial new height filter and we have THOUGHTS.
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Speaker 1 (00:10):
I heard podcasts, he More Kiss podcast playlist and listen
live on the free iHeart app.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
I tell you what, Laura, it is a dog eat
dog world out there in the dating community, isn't it.
I mean you wouldn't know you've been married for seven years.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
Yeah, but prior to that, I dated every one. I
had had a good litmus. Don't worry. I mean I
also just did get married.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
I am off the market, but I have a bunch
of single friends that are constantly like talking to me
about what the online dating world is like. And it
is really hard, and I have bad news. It's getting harder.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
Do you think it's getting harder or do you think
it's just always been like ever since online dating has come,
because you've just got the opportunity of choice, there's so
many people. It's kind of like gamified online dating.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Well, I think it's getting harder because if you think
about when online dating started, it was just like you
signed up and had at it like men, women went on,
You put your age on and basically that was it.
But it's gotten there's so many layers, it's gotten so complicated.
And now Tin has released, well it's a trial. They're
trialing a new feature that is not good news for
(01:13):
our short kings.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
You can basically filter now for height.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
So if you say I only want a tall guy,
which you know most women say I only want a
tall guy, it filters them out and then our short
kings are not even given a chance. It is causing
a lot of stir online because there are a lot
of people that are all for this feature, like I
guess a lot of women that know that they only
want a tall guy.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
They're all for it.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
But there's a lot of people that are saying it's
actually discrimination, Like you are filtering out on the way
that I look physically like my physical appearance, and I
have to say I'm on their side. I don't think
we should be having a height filter for online dating.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
It's a weird one, isn't it, because it really kind
of comes into this gray area. It's like having a
bald filter, or it's like having a weight filterah, a
weight filter. The only thing though, is if you are
a woman and you are particularly tall, like a really
really tall girl, or you're a guy and you're a
particularly short guy, maybe it just removes some of the
(02:10):
admin because I would dare say that normally I don't know.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
That this is a stereotyp.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
I don't want to get myself into trouble, but often
really tall girls and really short guys don't seem to
be a perfect match. It seems as though like that
would probably be the only time that it would come
in handy.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Yeah, but then maybe, I mean not maybe you don't
have to have a filter for that. People can put
their height on their bio themselves anyway, So then what's
the difference, because you're still given the choice, like zac
Efron hot megababe, he's tiny, but people.
Speaker 3 (02:40):
Would yeah, I'm taller than zach Efron' he's not a
tall man. Energy he does, he's got b D energy.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
But my point is, like I do think, and in
the words of producer Grace, you're robbing yourself of love,
like you're robbing yourself.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
Off with the potential. I've dated people that are shorter
than me. They've been fantastic people. Did it work out? No,
But it wasn't because of their height.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
Yeah. Look, I mean, I know we made jokes. I've
my one of my ex boyfriends was quite a bit
shorter than me and it never made a difference. But
I do think that if I had had the height
restriction on Tinder, firstly, I would never have met him,
but also I think I probably would have used it,
and so I would have ruled him out because.
Speaker 3 (03:15):
I don't know I am.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
I guess I'm relatively tall for a girl.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
What am I like?
Speaker 1 (03:19):
One hundred and seventy seven centimeters? Yeah, which I would
say that in dating. When I was online dating, I
definitely rocked up to a couple of dates where my
dates were particularly short and I knew we both kind
of met each other and were like, well, should.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
Have talked about it?
Speaker 1 (03:36):
I wish I wish we'd asked, you know, And it's
not like it should be a big deal, but I
think it is for a lot of people.
Speaker 3 (03:41):
I think that a lot of people care about heart.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
Yeah, but then why can't we just ask, have these conversations,
talk to someone, put it in your bio. I think
the fact that we can now filter out people based
on appearance, for me is yucky. I don't like it,
and a lot of the short king men or other
people are now sort of like firing back saying cool
if you want to filter from that.
Speaker 3 (03:59):
How do you feel if we put a weight filter
on which which is all a bit silly, isn't it.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
No one's a bit tipped for tab But I understand
what they're saying from that, Like I understand that they're
a fair did that people can filter them out based
on their physical appearance that they can't change.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
Yeah, And I guess the only thing is is like
if someone's borderline, like if someone is tall, borderline to
your preference, you know, like they might be a little
bit shorter than what you think.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
You want in a person, but they're amazing in every
other capacity.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
Like that seems a bit silly to rule someone out
because you've got a bit of a high preference, you know.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
Whatever beggars cart he chooses too. If you're looking for
for love, don't sing all those men out. Zendeia didn't.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
And she's engaged to Tom Holland and they're a beautiful couple,
very happy.
Speaker 3 (04:40):
Thank you so much for that. It that's beautiful.
I heard podcasts, he More Kiss podcast playlist and listen
live on the free iHeart app.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
I tell you what, Laura, it is a dog eat
dog world out there in the dating community, isn't it.
I mean you wouldn't know you've been married for seven years.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
Yeah, but prior to that, I dated every one. I
had had a good litmus. Don't worry. I mean I
also just did get married.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
I am off the market, but I have a bunch
of single friends that are constantly like talking to me
about what the online dating world is like. And it
is really hard, and I have bad news. It's getting harder.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
Do you think it's getting harder or do you think
it's just always been like ever since online dating has come,
because you've just got the opportunity of choice, there's so
many people. It's kind of like gamified online dating.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Well, I think it's getting harder because if you think
about when online dating started, it was just like you
signed up and had at it like men, women went on,
You put your age on and basically that was it.
But it's gotten there's so many layers, it's gotten so complicated.
And now Tin has released, well it's a trial. They're
trialing a new feature that is not good news for
(01:13):
our short kings.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
You can basically filter now for height.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
So if you say I only want a tall guy,
which you know most women say I only want a
tall guy, it filters them out and then our short
kings are not even given a chance. It is causing
a lot of stir online because there are a lot
of people that are all for this feature, like I
guess a lot of women that know that they only
want a tall guy.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
They're all for it.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
But there's a lot of people that are saying it's
actually discrimination, Like you are filtering out on the way
that I look physically like my physical appearance, and I
have to say I'm on their side. I don't think
we should be having a height filter for online dating.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
It's a weird one, isn't it, because it really kind
of comes into this gray area. It's like having a
bald filter, or it's like having a weight filterah, a
weight filter. The only thing though, is if you are
a woman and you are particularly tall, like a really
really tall girl, or you're a guy and you're a
particularly short guy, maybe it just removes some of the
(02:10):
admin because I would dare say that normally I don't know.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
That this is a stereotyp.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
I don't want to get myself into trouble, but often
really tall girls and really short guys don't seem to
be a perfect match. It seems as though like that
would probably be the only time that it would come
in handy.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Yeah, but then maybe, I mean not maybe you don't
have to have a filter for that. People can put
their height on their bio themselves anyway, So then what's
the difference, because you're still given the choice, like zac
Efron hot megababe, he's tiny, but people.
Speaker 3 (02:40):
Would yeah, I'm taller than zach Efron' he's not a
tall man. Energy he does, he's got b D energy.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
But my point is, like I do think, and in
the words of producer Grace, you're robbing yourself of love,
like you're robbing yourself.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
Off with the potential. I've dated people that are shorter
than me. They've been fantastic people. Did it work out? No,
But it wasn't because of their height.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
Yeah. Look, I mean, I know we made jokes. I've
my one of my ex boyfriends was quite a bit
shorter than me and it never made a difference. But
I do think that if I had had the height
restriction on Tinder, firstly, I would never have met him,
but also I think I probably would have used it,
and so I would have ruled him out because.
Speaker 3 (03:15):
I don't know I am.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
I guess I'm relatively tall for a girl.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
What am I like?
Speaker 1 (03:19):
One hundred and seventy seven centimeters? Yeah, which I would
say that in dating. When I was online dating, I
definitely rocked up to a couple of dates where my
dates were particularly short and I knew we both kind
of met each other and were like, well, should.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
Have talked about it?
Speaker 1 (03:36):
I wish I wish we'd asked, you know, And it's
not like it should be a big deal, but I
think it is for a lot of people.
Speaker 3 (03:41):
I think that a lot of people care about heart.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
Yeah, but then why can't we just ask, have these conversations,
talk to someone, put it in your bio. I think
the fact that we can now filter out people based
on appearance, for me is yucky. I don't like it,
and a lot of the short king men or other
people are now sort of like firing back saying cool
if you want to filter from that.
Speaker 3 (03:59):
How do you feel if we put a weight filter
on which which is all a bit silly, isn't it.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
No one's a bit tipped for tab But I understand
what they're saying from that, Like I understand that they're
a fair did that people can filter them out based
on their physical appearance that they can't change.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
Yeah, And I guess the only thing is is like
if someone's borderline, like if someone is tall, borderline to
your preference, you know, like they might be a little
bit shorter than what you think.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
You want in a person, but they're amazing in every
other capacity.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
Like that seems a bit silly to rule someone out
because you've got a bit of a high preference, you know.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
Whatever beggars cart he chooses too. If you're looking for
for love, don't sing all those men out. Zendeia didn't.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
And she's engaged to Tom Holland and they're a beautiful couple,
very happy.
Speaker 3 (04:40):
Thank you so much for that. It that's beautiful.
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