Block my profile from being seen by people outside my country

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• 21 Nov, '24
  Katherine

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  Also not interested in an international relationship. I’m in the US and only looking for men who are also in the US.

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• 27 Jun, '23
  Jonathan Hansen

  I think that’s fair makes sense to me

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• 18 Aug, '23
  Shane

  Amen. When I open my feed, I get excited thinking I have likes, but instead it feels like I’m looking at the pages of a mail order bride catalog. Users should be able to shut that off. It’s close to driving me off the app.

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• 06 Dec, '23
  J.R.

  I also totally agree, even though I don't have South and Central America in my view radius they are able to swipe on me and I don't want to be their ticket to a green card.

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• 06 Jan, '24
  Kyle

  I'm open to international dating but at least allow us to limit the countries or areas the likes come from. It may be ok for us to have a like from someone in a neighboring country but not the next continent. Or say you served a mission or grew up in a country and you would like to swipe on people in that country, that may be a good option.

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• 16 Feb, '24
  Cory

  I think it would be nice to select which countries I see people from or am seen from. For example if I don't want to set my profile to infinity but I still want to see people from Austrailia. Or I want to be at infinity but don't want to see people from the Philippines, etc

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• 22 Feb, '24
  swhitlo

  100% agree!

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• 13 Mar, '24
  Coralia

  I believe that it would only be fair to have access to the world but the members should be able to adjust the settings to their respective interest. Also, age and ethnic interest should be displayed on their profile.
  We don’t want to bother anyone to create racist comments like J.R. and Shane. I am sure they are not from the “Church of Jesus Christ Later Day Saints”. No one that has a testimony would speak in such manner… Someone that expresses theirselves like this only has hate in their hearts and that is in itself a testimony of Satan.
  As members of the Church you should do something about this. This expressions not only go against our beliefs but against the purpose of this very app. People like these will kill your business. Because they feel that they can run their mouth and no one is doing anything to maintain respect and harmony or even reinforce your own policies.

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• 22 Mar, '24
  Nedita

  No se como continuar con la página mientras pasaba un perfil y otro se a marcado como un me gusta y la verdad que a sido pura casualidad..por favor quiero borrar los me gusta que e dado de manera errada

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• 24 Mar, '24
  Adam

  I have removed the location I served my mission in hoping to cut down on likes from Central/South America and I don't list that I'm bilingual so it's really frustrating...
  But I would be open to Canada, UK, etc. where the language and culture aren't 3rd world. I'm not going to build a virtual relationship and then pay an immigration attorney to Green card someone on a dream that we are a good fit.

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• 01 Apr, '24
  P

  Some of the comments by supporters of this idea are disappointing, to put it mildly. Getting to know people in the international and expat community can be deeply enriching, and we shouldn’t implement features that would limit that.

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• 04 Apr, '24
  Ruth

  I am Argentinian and I feel insulting some of the comments about green cards hidden intentions when someone likes one person from the USA. Who do you think you are? My goodness.

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• 22 Apr, '24
  David

  Better yet, actually use an intersection on distance. I don't care for knowing about people who like me that are outside my distance filter. Take a note from Hinge!

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• 23 Apr, '24
  Mary Anne

  I only want a man from Europe, can you send the ones they rejected to me?

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• 05 May, '24
  Mike

  I agree with some of the earlier comments. It would be good to have some kind of filter because some people just aren't interested in international relationships. That's totally up to them. And some people can't make it work, i.e. they don't have the time or money to travel to another country.

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• 27 May, '24
  Audrey

  I highly agree! Protection and safety are always highest in my radar so having a little more control as to who can see me and the area I live in is a huge deal. I’d love an option to limit viewers to a certain area similar to what we have on our search filters.

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• 09 Jun, '24
  Richard

  All you need to do is adjust your filters.

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• 17 Jun, '24
  Mabel Ruth Medina

  Really? 😂 You already have the option!

  

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• 07 Jul, '24
  Mike

  Just a heads-up; adjusting the distance filter doesn't stop people from seeing you. It prevents YOU from seeing people outside your filter settings. You can still be seen and swiped up on by people outside your country.

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• 08 Jul, '24
  Jared

  I also would like this feature. Not because I don’t think it would be cool to meet people from all over, but realistically I am only looking for people in the range I set and I don’t like getting tons of likes from people outside that geographical or age range that I prefer

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• 19 Jul, '24
  Liv

  As someone from Canada with not a lot of options in Canada, I love the fact that I’m able to look at people from the states so to me I feel like this would be a real pain.

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• 19 Jul, '24
  Kambria

  I think this should be an optional filter. Because I personally don't care what country they're from.

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• 29 Jul, '24
  J

  Yeah, selecting countries to be able to view you would be amazing.
  
  15ish months since suggested. Any update?

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• 30 Jul, '24
  Laura Bianchi

  It's so sad to have people who think you only liked them because of a green card, and they don't understand that you only think about connecting with compatible people and it doesn't matter the country if you both want to build an eternal marriage.
  
  😢

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• 12 Aug, '24
  Preston Asay

  I'm for this feature because the thing that concerns me the most about this is people outside the country only being interested in you to help them get in the country, so as harsh as it may seem I would rather not waste my time on something as risky as that....

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• 02 Sep, '24
  Adam

  mutual. you have seen a lot of people post about this, so it really is a concern you should take seriously and fix
  
  please get rid of the international likes. it’s extremely annoying to get your hopes up when you see likes and realize they are from a foreign country.
  
  if my filter says i only want to see people from “x” miles away, i DO NOT want to see anyone outside that range. otherwise why offer a range in the first place if it won’t be honored.
  
  it is extremely annoying and should have been gone months ago. americans should not have to be forced to look at international people.
  
  i have never seen another dating site do this and for good reason!!!
  
  please for god sake, fix this program and get rid of the international likes. its obnoxious

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• 30 Sep, '24
  Jonathan Merged

  I would like to see an option where users can specify which countries to either exclude or include.
  
  if you speak English and Portuguese you may wish to include only countries where these languages are prevalent.
  
  If you only wish to see only the US and Canada, this would make that a possibility.
  
  If you wish to exclude countries that don’t work for you, for whatever reason, you can make that happen as well.

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• 02 Oct, '24
  Cassiano

  Queria conhecer pessoas de outros países mais só os que eu gosto , queria poder escolher o país e ter a liberdade de escolher o pais

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• 04 Oct, '24
  Steph

  Wow so much frustration is on here- I feel it! I’m happy to see my strong preference of the option to block international access to my profile is highly supported by other Latter Day Saint singles. It’s simply a matter of preference. I’d prefer less than 200 miles but hate the idea that my profile is being liked and shared by so many on the internet 🛜 and across the world 🌍 is not for me. It is invasive. There are plenty of other dating sites or people who choose the world & feel differently but let’s get some more options on a paid subscription plz.

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• 04 Oct, '24
  Jacob Watson System

  "Ability to Exclude or Isolate countries" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2024-09-30), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

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• 14 Oct, '24
  R

  Please implement this right away, my friend had her photos and info copied by someone internationally who catfished people on the app. This is a safety concern to not have more privacy and be able to limit who sees you to a more local level. There are predatory people on dating apps, please fix this immediately. Maybe they should also make it so people can’t screenshot other people’s photos and keep them, that’s also disturbing. Thank you.

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• 15 Oct, '24
  K

  I’m not interested in a long-distance relationship. Simple as. If I’m looking for people within x amount of miles, it doesn’t make sense to be seen by anyone beyond that range.

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• 25 Oct, '24
  Jim

  I totally agree and was going to suggest this if someone hadn’t already. I’m not looking for that either and when looking through those who’ve liked you it’s kind of a pain to have to go through and get rid of those profiles

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• 08 Nov, '24
  Rhett

  How about just choosing which countries or ethnicity/ cultures? I’m interested in Canada and Europe, but need to make sure they speak the same language.

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• 27 Nov, '24
  Dan

  Due to work constraints, I am limited to US citizens only. I hate to swipe left on all these women. I have put in my profile that I cannot chat with them as it complicated my work.

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• 16 Dec, '24
  Benjamin

  With rising world tensions, I’m surprised this isn’t an option for safety reasons. For some, that aspect of safety is not a concern, but if it could cause harm to one or both partners to meet or get married, it would be nice to not deal with those from specific countries in the first place. To put it a different way, I think that it would be nice to filter in and out countries that you can see and be seen in. It wastes my time and theirs if my profile can even be seen (let alone swiped up on) in a country where logistics wouldn’t support getting together in person. On the other hand, I don’t see why international dating with other countries would be a problem. My preferences have little to do with distance and more to do with which country. Not saying this is my preference, but to give an example; it should be an option to filter out, and not be seen by, people in Mexico, but it would be great to match with someone from the UK and Germany, which are further from here.

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• 16 Dec, '24
  B

  I believe the comments that talk about being swiped up on for a green card are speaking from experience. It is really exhausting to have a lot (I mean staggering amount) of people swipe up on you from Central and South America, as well as certain other countries, without any interest in you beyond nationality. In a lot of ways it’s hurtful.
  I don’t mind having an international relationship, but I think a relationship should be built on something deeper than country of origin. I agree with many above that it should be easier to filter out more specific countries than just geographic range, but doing so should also filter which countries I can be seen in. The alternative, as things stand, is (for lack of a better word) depressing.

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• 20 Dec, '24
  Godwin

  let's always use kinds words

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• 21 Dec, '24
  L

  It's extremely disheartening for me to see tons of likes... from third world countries. I've looked at the profiles. We have nothing in common, the language and culture barriers... It does feel like marriage visas only.
  
  BUT, this goes both ways. I've been swiping and sending notes, with no responses. And it hit me, that maybe I'm getting my hopes up on others where *I'm* not in their search parameters!
  
  There is a LOT of hurt and frustration going on that can be prevented. At least in this area.

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• 10 Jan, '25
  Jonathan

  There needs to be a wants to date internationally option
  Otherwise we run the risk of getting likes by people we’ll never meet

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• 17 Jan, '25
  Anonymous

  This definitely needs to happen. I have talked to a lot of people who are only interested in dating someone from their country. Some people are open to dating someone from another country. Better quality matches = more successful relationships which is the goal.

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