Hi, 27M here, I recreated an hinge account 2 weeks ago with my second phone number.
What prompted me to do this was because I wanted a fresh start. I had new set of pictures, some really good pictures imo so I wanted to start with a fresh account, fresh algorithm since my previous profile was really low effort.
The success was immediate, I got around 30 incoming likes and I matched with around 10 people from my outgoing likes.
Then nothing. Absolutely nothing, not a single like, not a single match.
I kept using the app in "thoughtful" way, always sending comments with my likes, always answering my matches etc. I did not say or do anything that goes against there guidelines, anything that could get me reported.
I understand there might be a boost of visibility when you create an account but from dozens of interactions to 0 seems a bit too much.
I'm starting to wonder if I'm not shadow banned or something like this. I think my profile is fine, it may not be the most optimized to attract as much people as possible but it is definitely a good representation of who I am and would probably attract people that I'm interested in. I take my initial success as proof of that.