The developers of one of the best-known digital platforms to find a partner or sporadic relationships in the United States, OkCupid, has decided to expand the range of their potential clients with a new function, called Couples Linking . And who is it addressed to? Well, those who say they practice what has been called “polyamory” and formerly known as “open” or “liberal” relationships; that is, to those couples who do not conform to monogamy , always with the full consent of their members.
From now on, users of the web and applications for OkCupid mobile devices can find people with the same philosophy , since it could almost be considered this way: “It consists of loving several people at the same time, in a consensual, conscious and ethical way. . Those who defend it consider that love does not have to be restricted, because if you love someone you want the best for that person and that includes being able to expand their love and sentimental life. The only condition is the love between people and the acceptance of the relationship by all of them ”, defines, for example, the website of the Poliamor Madrid association. It should not be confused, its followers emphasize, with polygamy or swinging , the exchange of couples.
The new option responds, they say from OkCupid, to the increase in Internet users interested in having more than one sexual / romantic relationship at the same time. For example, in 2010, 39% of its users answered the question “would you be willing to be part of a polyamorous relationship?” that they could become convinced of it. In 2015, that percentage rose to 6%.
Although there were already specialized websites for practitioners of polyamory, this is the first time that a leading company in “digital dating” services offers this possibility as a standard feature of its website and its apps.
