You can now search for specific interests on OkCupid’s mobile app

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OkCupid’s bringing one of its desktop features over to iOS this week. The company’s Discovery feature, which allows users to search for specific interests, will roll out on Apple devices this week, with an Android launch sometime in the future. Users can type in more general topics like, “hiking,” or more specific keywords, like “mom,” to find momma’s boys or something. The app will then surface people whose profiles contain that word.

I played around with a test build of the feature and found it to be useful if you’re hyper-focused on a potential match being interested in the same things as you. I did type in Stranger Things, though, and it didn’t populate. That felt like an oversight. I also tried to type in more niche rappers, like…

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