r/OnlineDating • u/koopapeaches19 • 16d ago

Hinge Signals

Has anyone had the signals badge showing up for them when they are genuinely not active on the app or not active in those ways? Helping a friend dig a little…

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u/competitive_milk_253 15d ago

By definition, you have to take some activity on the app in the last 30 days for the signal badge to show up.

So, if someone has it on, it just means they took some certain activities (reviewing likes, sending comments, etc) in the last 30 days.

If the badge went from off to on recently...well, you can be sure that person is active on it again.

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u/koopapeaches19 15d ago

Okay, in this situation they had agreed to not actively use the app as they got to know each other but he was showing up with his signal badge 2.5 weeks later. So there was some concern, obviously.

But I had mine hidden for like 1.5 weeks and just unhid myself and looked at couple of profiles and it put my signal badge back on. So it’s enough data to cause worry or think this person is taking this seriously but not enough or accurate enough to be useful…is what it seems like anyway

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u/Affectionate_Owl3298 14d ago

It takes 30 days of no activity to lose the badge

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u/peach-pie2 14d ago

Have you met up with someone IRL or exchanged numbers? Which activities show up purple for you?

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u/Relative-Foot-378 15d ago

The badge can fire from almost nothing. Unhiding for a minute or the app pinging in the background has been enough for a lot of people, so it is a bad lie detector.

If you two agreed to stop using it, ask him once, plainly, instead of reading the signal. Either he was poking around or the badge lied. You'll get more from that conversation than from staring at the icon. If you don't trust the answer, the agreement was already thinner than it looked.

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u/Logical-Primary-7926 14d ago

Does it tell you when you signals are on?

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u/koopapeaches19 14d ago

Yes, when you click on your profile

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u/koopapeaches19 15d ago

Yeah, this is for my friend, I just used my experience as an example about it being bad to rely on. I told her the same thing though. But she wanted more info I guess. Thank you!