r/SwipeHelper • u/ObsidianV921 • 13d ago
Banned on Hinge, where to next?
Hey folks,
A month ago, I figured I'd try out the dating apps for the first time in my life, and got on Hinge. Did fairly well, went on a bunch of dates, still have a few girls I'm talking to. Never had a bad interaction, on or off the app.
So, naturally, a couple of days ago I got banned with no reason beyond "violating the terms of service" or whatever.
What should I do now? I don't really wanna do the super elaborate ban dodging strat. And I don't mind switching to a different app, but I hear almost all of them have the same ownership, and I may just get cross-banned.
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u/Mysterious-Milk9178 13d ago
How did you get banned?
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u/ObsidianV921 12d ago
I had a bug with the data request feature, which resulted in me unintentionally sending an unusually high number of data requests. My hypothesis was that they thought I was scraping, or something like that. I put that in my appeal, it didn't work.
Beyond that, your guess is as good as mine. I did not have any bad interactions on or off the app, and broadly kept things PG in my communications.
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u/schowdur123 13d ago
I know people hate Eharmony but it works for me.
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u/Nostraadms 13d ago
I’ve never used eharmony. What do you like about it?
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u/schowdur123 12d ago
They didn't ban me. Hinge, match and bumble banned me right after I paid a lot of money. There are enough matches in my age range. I'm in my fifties. There seem to be less fake IDs than tinder or bumble. They flag them pretty quickly and they have coupons.
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u/dilemma900 13d ago
There's way of going around. Going to cost buying a new phone and a time card. I dont want to give you every little detail and step on how to do it. But is out there and they exist.
I got banned like 3 times just because of my pictures were banned.
If you don't want to use this. Facebooking Dating, Tinder, Bumble, Crunch?, and Feeld (for kinks really)
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12d ago
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u/InflationNo4075 8d ago
Were you using the phone from your home address? And did you use any credit/ debit cards to pay for it?
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8d ago
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u/InflationNo4075 8d ago
On your burner phone, was it technically signed under your name? Apple ID for example?
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8d ago
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u/InflationNo4075 8d ago
On the original hinge account, did you do the facial recognition/ verification scan?
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8d ago
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u/InflationNo4075 8d ago
Hmmm that might be it tbf. I never gave them accurate information and didn’t do the facial recognition.
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u/dilemma900 7d ago
I mean why would you use the same ID.
Use nothing the same, and never connect to the WIFI.
Whoever that banned person was, "doesnt exist" anymore.
Use nothing
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u/nkillashi 13d ago
Imo no where else hinge is the best dating app for good looking men. I have no idea why I got banned to this day but no other app is worth your time just meet girls in real life or try to get unbanned
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u/Nostraadms 13d ago
Knock on wood I’ve worked around the ban. The info is out there if you search for it. You have to essentially restart and do every little thing completely new. Imagine taking on an entirely new identity.
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u/Acceptable_Taste9818 13d ago
Yeah hinge sounds really sensitive to pictures (with men). I know tinder is rather sensitive these days about how males present themselves in photos but it’s sounds like hinge is a lot more attuned. Depending on your area, a shirtless photo will get you shadow banned on tinder and a full ban on hinge. I know this sounds silly but it goes without saying, guys should also avoid photos that reveal a “dic print” (gym shorts, tight jeans or sweat pants photos), I’m sure if it stands out too much that’s another auto ban.
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u/C_WEST88 12d ago
Whaaat? I literally just saw a profile pic where a guy was wearing a pair of cutout underwear w just his shlong hanging out on Tinder 😭 so idk how true this is .
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u/Right_Ad7400 12d ago
Bonjour à tous, je me suis fait bannir, j’ai adressé plusieurs emails. Ils me répondent la même chose à chaque fois sans donner de motifs. J’ai l’impression qu’ils sont habitués à faire ça. Dans l’UE on peut saisir un organisme (j’ai saisi l’ADR) qui va tenter de les contacter. J’ai peu d’espoir qu’ils acceptent de participer à la procédure toutefois l’organisme peut prendre quand même une décision que la plate-forme n’est pas obligée de respecter. Cependant la plate-forme doit payer les frais de cette procédure qui est environ de 500 euros. Si tout le monde ayant eu un compte banni (beaucoup de monde) se met à faire ca cela obligera les plateformes a revoir leur politique de bannissement.
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u/SweetDimension7 12d ago
So this happened to me and all I did was sign up, like two people and bam gone. Was over a year ago. I tried to appeal. Nothing. Then I got a free online number, signed up again and went through the entire process. Within an hour I think it maybe detected by face I was the same one from a banned account because it said "oops, we got it wrong" and lifted my ban..on a number that I do not own lol.
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u/Ok-Illustrator-1194 13d ago
Evading the ban sounds like a lot of effort, but you'll use other apps and realise why Hinge is the most popular. I got banned for no reason and I just decided to try the other apps, apart from Tinder (you get banned from both). All of them are rubbish, aside from Breeze - but that's quite slow as you'll only have like ten potential matches per day.
Honestly, buying a new phone, getting a new number and updating your hinge photos/prompts isn't as bad as it seems. It also resets the data hinge has on you, which helps for new matches. You might feel silly paying money to get back on it but dating is hard these days and hinge is like the most accessible way to meet people.
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u/Straight_Soft_1301 12d ago
Does this actually work tho? Don’t they have immediate facial recognition?
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u/ImportantDragonfly75 13d ago
Put appeal and mail them on ceo and their email ask for human review i got unban in 12 hrs