A year after announcing Facebook Dating, a tool for finding potential dates, the company has now announced ‘Secret Crush’ – a new feature for figuring out which of your friends might be open to romantic overtures. Business Insider notes that Facebook Dating is the company's answer to Tinder, and when it was announced in May 2018, Facebook – reeling from privacy scandals – emphasised that users' dating profiles would be kept completely separate from their existing Facebook profiles. ‘Secret Crush’ lets users of Facebook Dating select nine of their Facebook friends who they ‘want to express interest in.’ If the admired friend also uses Facebook Dating, and has also selected that person back, then they will be notified of the connection.