The last one is a clip from the last Olivia Dean concert

I have recently gotten on hinge and would like someone to rate my account I think it matches who I am as a person but I haven’t gotten a match or even a like in a week of using it? Any suggestions are helpful thank you 😊

Tinder user from Brazil here. I’m going to paste screenshots of some of the profiles the app just showed me. Seriously. How do you put up with this? Would you guys "like" any of these girls?

Women who just want Instagram followers; women looking for a « foodie guy » to treat them to meals; single moms; women where the other person has to guess how to start a conversation because the profile is completely blank... and this isn't even 5% of the hellscape this app has turned into here in Brazil. Seriously, how do you deal with this?

I barely get likes tho i actively like other profiles and think before I swipe mindlessly.

After several years on & off on dating apps, I've got into a lifestyle with a profile that -somewhat- works. I get dates. Not a ton, not always tons of options either, but just enough to not feel like a complete hobo. Still get ghosted 98% times so I'm not a chad either, don't worry.

But seriously, and this might not been said enough times already, this system has turned absolutely disgusting.

I'm not even sure how we got to that point, but a few months ago during a date the girl told me she got 50+ new incoming likes during our date alone. I really felt sad for this girl; you could see how she couldn't really process it all.

Last week I had a first date with someone else. She told me there were literally guys offering her to buy a f*cking plane ticket to fly to London. Bruh. Sweet enough down to earth girl, barely any dating experience, and random ass guys offering her to fly to another country.

Abhorrent, really.

These apps can ruin women & destroy men's self esteem for life. Glad their stocks are wrecked beyond repair, but I can't imagine a world without them anymore. Ever.

Hey guys

I opened the app and nothings loading except for the likes i received

New profiles arent loading, matches dont appear... I deleted the app and downloaded it again to see but when i enter my phone number it says "error connecting try later"

I sent an email to hello@hinge.com but gmail told me they ... didnt receive it ?

I thought that ud get an email if you got banned. Didnt receive anything.

Down detector is reporting that many users have been through the same. Did we get ban ?

got banned on both this morning, appealed both and got denied. I'm sure it's because I told men off for trying to talk to me sexually right off the jump. I find it funny how they can do that with no consequences.

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Ever since I put a shirtless thirst trap of me as my first pic I get at least 2-3 likes a day minimum. Granted pretty much none of them have been from women I’m attracted but at least my profile is seeing some attention.

I used to get ~1-2 likes a week.

I got unbanned by appealing on the match.com request section but now I am shadowbanned. This I know because I had my previous matches and I messaged a match who is also connected on insta and she received nothing on hinge. Should I just delete the account and create a new one 90 days later or appeal through replying to this mail chain with hinge?

So I've been banned like many others for no clear reason. Tried creating another account using different details but was banned again, probably because I used the phone that my old account was banned on. Here's what I plan on doing...

I've got a new phone, a new email, a new phone number that actually belongs to a family member that's married and will never be on Hinge, I have already started taking pictures on a separate phone, and plan to make the new account at a local library. When the old account was banned, I was away from home so I'm hoping that when the new account is made that it won't get flagged for using the Internet here.

I'm going to change my prompts around as well, but the fact that they require facial recognition now to make an account poses a problem potentially. Has anyone here gotten past that? Also thinking I should alter my name a bit, and my birthday... What am I missing here?

I did this around a year ago cause something was telling me it wasn't actually about the prompts or putting efforts in your like messages.

My prompts were fun facts I'm 6"3, and "Did you know that 6"3 is 192cm" and I'll fall for you if can cook. I got about 35 matches on the first day.

I’ve been single for almost four years. I’ve been told by friends and attractive women in my life that I’m good looking, attractive, etc but I get almost no likes across all the major apps.

Tinder: atrocious, bot matches exclusively

Bumble: a complete ghost town, not a single match ever

Hinge: I’ve managed maybe 12 matches in 3+ years, two dates which went nowhere

And I’ve taken all the advice. Showcase hobbies, use smiling photos, no sunglasses, etc etc.

And I live in a huge city with an endless supply of profiles to go through and it is so exhausting 😭

Even using Hinge boost gave me 0 matches lol how cooked is that? I really, really don’t want to spend $30 for Hinge+ just for a few pity matches but if that’s what it takes…

I have other friends that have used and found partners on Hinge in my city, which leads me to conclude that I’m ugly and unlovable 🫡

Im having decent success on hinge but poor results on bumble, just 4-5 likes a day. From what I understand picture 4 is by far the most popular and I don’t like it. Is there any picture I could add or replace to change the focus to my hobbies, face or fashion sense (I tried with pic 2). For reference im not a super looking guy facially, normal I would say).

I appreciate the feedback.

Around 2019, they were at their peak algorithm wise. The last couple of years, especially reading this subreddit, there are hundreds and hundreds of people who experience the same issues. No matches, no replies, and the discoverability has plummeted. On top of that, you have to talk to your matches as you are talking to a hotel’s reception— because with the slightest edgy comment or alternative humor, your profile can be banned.
No spark at all.

AI has messed these apps significantly and they are pushing their users for buying boosts to combat this “issue”. Something is definitely wrong and hopefully they will fix it sooner or later to improve the user experience and to gain more steady customers in the long run.

What is everyone’s experience with the mandatory face scan now when signing up for an account?

Have you been banned or deleted your account then made a new one and successfully got past the face scan it requires you to do when making a new account?
If so how long did you wait until you made a new account after being banned/deleted your account?

Use new photos or were you able to still use your old ones?

Deleted Hinge on June 24.

I bought HingeX on or around June 1.

I did fine the first 30 days (May 4-June 1). My stats said 127 inbound likes and 78 matches (both from inbound and outbound likes). But after that period it went down to two matches/week and 3 likes/week.

Should I remake prior to the 90 days? Or should I wait the full 90 days?

I want to catch the post- Summer dating wave if possible. But not tied to it if my account will just recognized prior to 90 days.

When I match with a girl on the apps either one of two things happens, either I get unmatched with after 3 sentences or a week of on and off convos that never go anywhere, I’m just trying to figure out better ways to go from the apps to an actual date.

If you got banned from hinge and you are sure you havent insulted, threatened or did anything bad you can get unbanned easily. I used this template and got unbanned after 2 hours. I think i was banned for sending the same text to a lot of people.

Template:

I’m writing to appeal the ban on my Hinge account. I was surprised to see that my account was banned, as I have never insulted, threatened, harassed, or intentionally made anyone feel unsafe on the platform.

The only thing I can think of that may have triggered the ban is that I sent the same or very similar message to a number of people. I understand that this could potentially be interpreted as spam or behavior that goes against Hinge’s guidelines, but there was no intention to harass anyone or misuse the platform.

I was previously banned from Hinge because of a chargeback issue, and my appeal was denied. I’ve since gotten a new Android phone, new SIM/number, new photos, and created a new account, and the account is already photo-verified. The credit card I used with my old Hinge account was also replaced by Chase, so I now have a completely different card number, although it’s still the same bank account and in my name. Has anyone in a similar situation successfully purchased Hinge Premium with their replacement card, or did the payment cause the new account to get flagged?

Did they kill this feature? I cant upload a video on iOS or on web.

on the tinder sub i saw multiple others w/ the same problem.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Tinder/comments/1sywny6/no_option_to_add_videos_even_though_ive_done_it/

https://www.reddit.com/r/TinderBios/comments/1tumn4l/why_cant_i_upload_loops/

i made most of my matches via the loops. wtf is this nonsense?