"When you look for potential matches on a dating app, do you limit your search to just within your own zip code? Because Heaven forbid you'd have to go outside your zip code to find true love. Well, the practice of geo-restricting your romance in such a manner seems to be fairly common-so common that it's received its own nickname, "zip coding" on social media."
"One reason you might end up zip coding is that it seems like an easy way to pare down into a manageable list the seeming firehose of profiles that a dating app provides. Ideally, you'd reduce the offerings with filters like "people who are not lying on their profiles" or "people who will not cheat on you." But such filters often aren't offered by dating apps."
Zip coding restricts dating searches to people within the same zip code. Many people use zip code filters to reduce overwhelming app profiles into a manageable set. Dating apps lack meaningful filters for honesty or fidelity, leaving zip code as an easy proxy. Convenience and reluctance to travel also push people to prefer nearby matches. Treating partners like local commodities risks overlooking compatible people who live farther away. Relying on proximity assumes that the ideal partner will coincidentally live very close, which can significantly diminish chances of finding the right match.
Read at Psychology Today
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