TikTok: How one person went viral after sharing his Tinder hack to nearly join with Olympians

While many of us at home rave about these Olympians thinking, “what if,” comedian Reed Kavner revealed how his method of using the online dating app Tinder made it easier than ever to meet an Olympian meet.

“I paid for Tinder Plus so I could swipe around the Olympic Village and go out with an Olympian,” wrote Kavner in his TikTok video detailing how he used the app to connect with the athletes .

By purchasing a subscription to Tinder Plus or Tinder Gold, users can access Tinder Passport, a feature within the app that allows them to scroll through profiles of users in other parts of the world. This can be done by entering the name of a city or by dropping a pin in a specific location.

In Kavner’s case, he dropped a pin in the middle of the Olympic Village in the Harumi harbor district in Tokyo.

“I’ve always enjoyed finding unusual and unexpected ways to use technology,” said Kavner. “That was just one of the things that made me think, ‘Oh hey, this Tinder function probably shouldn’t be used like that, but we know we have this concentration of people in this one area. Let’s see what’ happens. ‘ if we drop the needle there. ‘”

Kavner’s TikTok went viral quickly, receiving millions of views and nearly a million likes. And as TikTok users watched him scroll through profiles that supposedly belonged to various Olympic athletes, including Estonian biathlete Grete Gaim and Canadian swimmer Katerine Savard, commenting on the viral video with five emojis of a woman with her hand in the air raised.

Thousands of other TikTok users applauded Kavner’s ingenuity in the comment section, where people referred to him as a “genius” and even shared their own achievements in generating matches.

Tinder’s official TikTok page also commented on Kavner’s post, telling him, “You’re not in the [O]lympics, but you win the game. “The comment received nearly 60,000 likes.

While Kavner’s plan initially worked in his favor, it soon backfired after several TikTok users watched Kavner’s video and followed suit.

“What really surprised me is that so many people went and tried it for themselves, and I saw the effects immediately when I swiped the app. And I saw more and more people who were neither Olympians nor Tokyo. “Kavner told CNN.

“I’ve seen a lot of people write ‘I’m about TikTok’ or ‘I’m here because TikTok sent me’ in their bios,” he said.

Kavner’s first reminder of using Tinder Passport to swipe in an Olympic village comes from 2018 during the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. However, he didn’t decide to officially document his hack until 2021.

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