In China they don't use Android Auto and the app ecosystem is totally different. To flirt, the usual Tinder is blockedbut in exchange they have TanTan, almost as musical as the sound of Netflix.
And what does TanTan look like? Well, it's practically the same as Tinder, but focused on the Asian market inside and outside of China. However, after TanTan, the TanTan tribe has just arrived, with some flair and an occasional red flag.
From Asia and for Asia
In the rest of the world, there is Tinder and in China, TanTan. The application was born in 2014 and It didn't take long for it to earn the nickname “Chinese Tinder”since the operation is practically the same: swipe to one side or the other and, if both agree, there is a match and the chat begins. This, seasoned with numerous pricing plans that unlock more superpowers like knowing who loved us or teleporting to other places on the globe. Again, just like Tinder.
Curious is that the application goes against the grain in terms of diversity, presenting itself as “the application #1 dating number for Asians” and being described in app stores as “the Asian dating app”.
There is no rule that you have to be Asian to use it, although yes certain technological barrierbecause not all phone prefixes are allowed to register with a phone number. Spanish phones are not supported, although those from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Cuba and Ecuador are, to name a few.
However, where TanTan is most successful is obviously in its home country, where it is estimated that last year it amassed some 13 million users, 1.2 of them paying. So this is how China's second most popular dating appranking only below Momo. And the most curious thing about this matter is that since 2018, TanTan also belongs to Momo, so in the end everything stays at home.
I love avoiding “red flags”
If TanTan is fundamentally Tinder, its evolution is slightly different. After TanTan, TanTan Tribe has just been released, described as “the international version” of TanTan. Ironically, it still can't be downloaded from Google Play from almost anywhere except Singapore, where it was just launched. In the TanTan tribe A certain twist was applied to the Tinder concept.
TanTan Tribe no longer presents itself as a dating app for Asians, but rather as a dating app for start relationships by avoiding “red flags” that you can’t stand. The app, for starters, helps you find out what those “red flags” are or things you can't stand in a potential partner, like someone who is still in contact with their ex, who is hiding the code PIN of his cell phone or who has a bad personal relationship. hygiene.
You choose what you don't support and the app passes that data to calculate an alarm signal percentage (or green flag) from the person in front of you, depending on whether you agree or not. For example, if you and the other person can't stand someone with poor personal hygiene, that will earn you points and instead of having a red flag, it will be a green flag. The system has some flaws in its approach, since it is not uncommon for a person to not apply the same standards to their partner as they do to themselves.
Either way, in the end you have to do the same thing you do in almost every dating app: slide to one side or the other. The difference is that here, instead of voting with hearts and an X, you also do it with red flags or green flags, although the operation is the same.
With a slightly more casual style, TanTan Tribe is at least a slightly different concept than usualalthough the most curious thing is that the whole ecosystem of dating apps is so different in the East and the West. Partly because of cultural differences and partly also because of administrative differences, such as the blocking of many “global” apps, like Tinder, and others therefore have to take their place.
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