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all very romantic right now," it added. Dating sites contacted by Agence France-Presse refused to divulge their traffic since Covid resulted in the shutting down of American cities last week, but it appears their usage is far from slowing. Joking about the coronavirus has become popular on dating sites, although not necessarily effective at endearing matches to one another. She helped created the show Tinder Live, in which she interacts with matches in real time, and thinks coronavirus could be an "opportunity" for people to bond.

Moore, from New York, says many of the men she meets on Tinder want to cut the conversation short and jump straight to meeting in the flesh. The dating site Coffee Meets Bagel CMB is proposing several ideas for remote interactions, including an online video game date.

Yale University student Ileana Valdez and five friends spent just a few hours setting up a dating site for students whose classes have been cancelled and campuses are deserted. The site, OKZoomer, a nod to the popular expression "Ok boomer" which millennials use to refer to older people, picked up 6, users in less than a week, according to Ms Valdez.

She feels that the big dating apps are focused on "hook-ups" and argues that OKZoomer sets the ground for meaningful relationships. Other sites are emerging too, such as Quarantine Together, whose slogan is "Get close even when you can't be close". Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you. A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on March 24, , with the headline Dating in the time of coronavirus: Bond online, meet much later.

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