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minimaxir
This is likely an April Fool's joke that they pushed early to beat the other April Fool's jokes.

Which sorta defeats the point.

bill_rr
you think? i feel like the unofficial rules of April Fools jokes is that they have to be on the exact day. Also, if the problem (height liars) is as bad as the article suggests (pretty bad!) I can see why they'd need to address it. And lastly, doesn't seem too complicated technically to pull off..
wumms
From the blog post: "Here’s how it works: Simply input your true, accurate height with a screenshot of you standing next to any commercial building. We’ll do some state-of-the-art verifying and you’ll receive your badge directly on your profile."

+1 for April Fool's

guessmyname
Indeed, someone probably triggered a production deploy too early.
throwawaystale
If it was an April 1 gag, they'd have included weight verification...
sadris
They should have done weight verification.
[dead] the-great-assyr
Nice. And now they should put also a weight verification. No kidding at all.
Simulacra
It’s likely April fools, but Tinder being what it is, I wouldn’t be surprised.
bluescrn
Hoping it's a premature April fool, but given the state of world we're living in, it'd hardly surprise me if this was real.

Next up: Length and girth verification?