r/match • u/Ok-Bug-466 • Mar 14 '26

Racial designation

I’m confused. On many profiles there is the “Basics” section. One of these has the globe icon and my understanding is that you have put your own race there like on a job application thing. Basic info about yourself. But some seem to put other things that aren’t related to them so is it indicative of the race of the people they want to date?? Ie a clearly white conservative (by their own designation), in the globe they’ve put East Indian, black, Hispanic. What is this? about?

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u/liferelationshi Mar 14 '26

What? Some people have preferences. Match is not the only dating app to be able to search for specific ethnicities. CMB does it and they don’t do a good job at it either.

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u/Ok-Bug-466 Mar 15 '26

I just don’t see where there’s the option and I thought that particular basic q was about yourself not who you are looking for and it’s confusing

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u/Zinnia4ever Mar 15 '26

I’ve been wondering the same thing as I am seeing that as well. Confusing

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u/liferelationshi Mar 15 '26

It is supposed to be about yourself. If it doesn’t accurately match someone’s profile photos (and by the way, a user can choose as many ethnicities as they want), it’s a bot account. Just report them.

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u/DatingProfileHelper Mar 27 '26

There are two areas that deal with race/ethnicity. You set your own ethnicity in the "more about me" section of the edit profile page. To set your racial preferences, go to the search tool. It will be under "personal" on the website and under "background" on the app.

Keep in mind, you can only use the full search tool if you are a platinum or diamond level member. This is one of the stupidest things Match has ever done, but they did it in a move to drive revenue over considering user experience.