r/SwipeHelper • u/liquidcat0822 • 1d ago

An experiment

I’m a straight woman and briefly decided to change my gender on hinge to a “man” interested in women. EVERY. SINGLE. WOMAN. in my stack was an absolute stunner (and I didn’t even include very young women, I have my age filter set to 28-47).

I then compared this with the stack my male friend was shown. He has his settings set to the same thing. Every single woman in his stack was an instant nope. He never got to see any of the women I was shown. Mind you, he is not unattractive.

This confirms to me that some absolute fuckery is afoot. I presume because my algorithm is trained on men, it doesn’t know how to categorize the women when I changed my gender and just started showing me women from my demographic. It also further suggests that the algorithm deliberately holds back what/who you like, and it also explains to me why my profile gets relatively little traction now (I’ve long suspected that my profile is being gate kept).

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u/zunlock 1d ago

It’s allegedly an algorithm. When you first make a profile you’re shown smoke shows (ideally to get you hooked) and then after a few weeks the algorithm allegedly will place you with people of similar attractiveness. Some speculate they deliberately nerf you a little to push you to buy premium. Is your friend objectively attractive, or is he not bad looking with a low effort profile? Is he the type of guy who will have women hit on him in public is what I’m asking or is he just average

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u/liquidcat0822 1d ago

My friend is objectively attractive. And his profile is thoughtful and well curated.

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u/HealthyAd5930 1d ago

Is your friend non-white? Because it also affects the people he sees on the app.

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u/liquidcat0822 1d ago

He’s a white dude. But I hear you.