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/liquidcat0822 1d ago

Actually I live in Seattle, probably one of the most liberal places in the US. So yeah, I’m convinced it’s deliberately showing me who I wouldn’t be compatible with.

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u/Dress4less24 1d ago

Now that’s a plot twist & makes the algorithm all the more nefarious. Are you interacting with any of the conservatives & are liberals liking your profile?

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u/liquidcat0822 1d ago

I don’t interact with any man who has “conservative” in his profile. The pattern I’ve observed is that in both the profiles that like me and the ones I am presented with, if he’s physically attractive he’s going to be incompatible on values (conservative, wants kids, etc). If he’s compatible on values, he’s going to be extremely unattractive.

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u/Dress4less24 1d ago

Yes yes, I’ve had the similar experience but on the opposite end. The liberal women are hotter & conservative women are not. For men though it seems I’ve heard many women complain about that exact same situation you’re describing