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"If your crush isn’t on Dating, doesn’t create a Secret Crush list, or doesn’t put you on their list — then no one will know that you’ve entered their name."

I'm looking forward to watching the shitstorm when that info gets leaked or an exploit is found that allows you to see whose lists you're on.

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You add all your friends to your secret crush list, and find everyone who's added you? The exploit is built in.

It sounds like they limited this to 9 friends, but if you can still cycle through the list it’ll be problematic.

You presumably will still avoid obvious social nukes like crushing on your friend's wife.

I don't see much downside to the crush system. If someone's going to have a hissy fit or ruin relationships because they insist on doing the work of cycling through all their friends, then, well, they should be careful for what they wish for.

Just put all your friends on the list, that should allow you to see everyone who put you on their list.

But that strategy has the same drawbacks of swiping right on every friend you recognize on Tinder "because of course I'd swipe right, we're friends!" It always leaves the other friend wondering if maybe there was any meaning in your right-swipe.

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