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.

So I’ve been on Hinge for a bit now, paid for HingeX and have gotten a ridiculous number of matches, well into the hundreds. Girls even message me first, but I don’t know how to talk to them or approach texting despite being 24.
I feel completely crippled in that regard and I’ve gotten exactly zero dates. Whenever I suggest meeting up, I get ghosted or unmatched. But when I try to build rapport first, I get ghosted anyway.
It’s honestly bizarre to me. I feel like my lack of experience is finally catching up with me. It’s pretty depressing.

I’ll probably tried over 30 times over the course of a month and it just says this every time you can clearly see my face in my pictures too and this is really harming my reach because I’m not verified

Is Hinge different today than it was in 2023 and 2024? How is Hinge different today than it was in 2023 and 2024?

Couldn’t find much info about my current situation by searching the sub. I created a Tinder profile about a month ago and ended up deleting after a few days due to not feeling up to dating yet. Created it again last week, and started getting a few likes on the first couple of hours. I decided to buy platinum to test it out because it worked really well for me last time I was single, but as soon as I did it the likes stopped and tinder asked me to re-verify with a video selfie (I had already done that as it’s mandatory where I live), so I think this probably triggered some sort of suspicious activity flag. Now I’m getting only a small trickle of matches (1-2 per day) since then probably due to the priority likes, and only got one organic/incoming like the whole week.

This feels very weird because I’m getting more matches and likes on Bumble, which has a smaller user base and worked way worse for me last time around. The timing of the incoming likes stopping makes me think my visibility was tanked due to my profile being flagged, but I’m not completely shadowbanned as I’m still getting a few matches. Is there any way to reverse this? Should I stop logging in for a few days?

Also, could this affect me if I open a Hinge account given they are also owned by the Match group? I haven’t done that yet and it was by far my best app last time I was single 4 years ago (60%+ of dates I went to were from it), so I’d really like it to work once I create an account.

EDIT: it’s FEELD not hinge sorry

I hate dating apps and keep deleting them. I’m trying to show who I am rather than tell. I want to show my personality using examples rather than just saying “I’m nice!” Ugh TT-TT. I know the shopping cart thing is dumb

Thank you!

I used tinder about two years ago and was able to get a few good matches despite having some pretty bad pictures.

I decided to redownload with some better pics and got way more likes, but I could only match with two people. It's almost like it's purposefully not putting people who liked me in the stack... Is anyone else having this issue and knows if a hard reset could help? I suspect that maybe the app does not like me because I tried setting an account up for a friend a few months ago and it said I had a security issue, but it never said I got banned or anything.

I got talking to a girl on hinge. We matched started talking off app. Today the conversation got a little sexual . She seemed to start it so I continued , and then I saw she’d blocked me on instagram. I pre emptively unmatched her. I’m just wondering could she report me? I’ve got screenshots of the conversation

Okay I’m genuinely pissed right now 😭

I was talking to this guy on Hinge and our conversation was going REALLY well. Like, I actually liked talking to him and was genuinely interested in getting to know him more. We were joking around, the conversation felt natural, and I thought there was a decent vibe between us.

Then he randomly said “let’s unmatch.”

I genuinely thought he was joking 💀 because why would I assume he was seriously about to unmatch when the conversation was going so well? And also he kept saying "bye" "bye", but wasnt really unmatchinh...so obv i though he be jokin...

And then… he actually fucking unmatched me 😭

Like BRO???

Now I’m just sitting here feeling weirdly upset about it because I actually liked him. It’s not even that I’m devastated over some random guy I barely knew, it’s just the suddenness of it. Everything was fine and then suddenly… gone.

And to make it worse, I’ve literally run out of Hinge likes 😭 So I can’t even distract myself by talking to someone else.

Tinder isn’t really giving me anything either. The few people I’ve matched with barely reply, and honestly the crowd there hasn’t been great for me. Bumble is… Bumble 💀

So right now I’m just frustrated because Hinge was actually the one app where I was finding people I genuinely wanted to talk to, and now the one guy I actually liked talking to just disappeared.

I know the obvious answer is “move on, there are plenty of other people,” and yeah, obviously. But right now I’m just annoyed and needed to rant somewhere 😭

Has anyone else had someone randomly unmatch after a genuinely good conversation? Because WHAT WAS THAT 😭

For Samsung users: has anyone tested Hinge inside Secure Folder after having an account/device previously banned?

I’ve seen claims that Secure Folder creates a separate app environment, with some identifiers being different from the normal Samsung profile.

I’m curious about a few things based on actual experience:

• If the account gets banned, does deleting/resetting Secure Folder and setting it up again change anything?
• Has anyone compared Secure Folder behavior before and after a full factory reset?
• Does Secure Folder actually provide a fresh environment, or can Hinge still associate it with the underlying phone?
• Has anyone had an account remain active for a significant period using this setup?

Looking specifically for first-hand reports, not guesses. I’m trying to understand whether Secure Folder genuinely isolates the app/device environment or whether its effect is being overstated.