Story highlights "Couples Linking" lets couples in open relationships join profiles

The feature makes it easier for singles looking to join polyamorous couples

(CNN) Are you in an open relationship and looking for more love? Online dating site OkCupid wants to make the search easier for you.

"Couples Linking" is a new feature that lets couples join their profiles. The feature is open to people who identify as "seeing someone," "married" or "in an open relationship" and are looking for others to join their relationship. The feature will also help singles looking to join an open relationship by identifying non-monogamous couples in searches.

This is how the couples linking feature looks on an OkCupid profile

The addition was welcomed by many who identify as non-monogamous or polyamorous, terms broadly used to describe people openly involved in relationships with more than one person. These communities already consider OkCupid the most welcoming of the major dating sites for already having settings to accommodate them.

Polyamorous people have trouble finding like-minded potential mates on most mainstream dating sites simply because there's no way to search for them, said sex educator Anita Illig Wagner, founder of Practical Polyamory . And, monogamous people don't always appreciate being approached blindly with an invitation into an open relationship.

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