Notably, Facebook Dating does not show users their Facebook friends, and also gives people the ability to remove friends of friends from their potential matches. You can also block specific people on Facebook from seeing your dating profile. Users can, however, message one another without matching first.

Can you see if someone is on Facebook Dating?

This is how Facebooks Secret Crush feature works: Select a list of up to 9 of your Facebook Friends that youre *interested* in. If theyre also on Facebook Dating, they will get a notification that “someone” (i.e. not you specifically) has a crush on them.