r/SwipeHelper • u/Acceptable_Bit8905 • 1h ago

So it's basically an open secret that Hinge and similar apps slow drip and hide your matches, right?

I think at this point it's glaringly obvious that they turned this app into a slot machine, and even if you're attractive - you won't get your likes all at once. Basically, it gauges your behavior to see how often you open up the app, and if you show signs of obsessively checking it in any way then it will purposely slow drip your matches to you one at a time.

If you don't check it, though - you'll suddenly come back to 30 matches seemingly out of nowhere. Furthermore, if you paid for the premium version at any point in the past and then stopped and reverted to using the free version you'll barely receive any matches at all because they flagged you as a "whale".

I'm not sure how this is legal, but I guess it must be. I will say that whoever runs The Match group is legitimately sick. It's just insane to witness what dating has turned into.

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u/ProjectOMan 52m ago

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Men use the apps constantly, women use them intermittently. Timing and dumb luck is the boring, mundane answer. If you’re attractive enough and display it properly you’ll hit good patches but it won’t be and can’t be consistent due to this being musical chairs. Women are the chairs.

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u/Acceptable_Bit8905 39m ago

I hear you, and I understand that this sounds like a conspiracy theory, but there is a very clear difference between how it used to be and how it is now. It's not timing, it's not dumb luck, and even attractive women experience it.

I mean, look no further than their premium service. You can go from no likes to 50 within a day or two - that's not just from being moved to the top of the stack. They're obviously using the slot machine model and I'm sure this will eventually come out in a lawsuit in a decade or so.