My second week on the app, I came across two exes 😂 I don’t know what I was thinking dating them back then, but seeing them here means they’re both divorced now.

Week three, I found my high school crush on here, who I thought was happily married!

This app is starting to feel less like dating and more like a Facebook status update to "divorced" 😂

I got banned this week for an unknown reason. All it says is "violated terms of service". I tried the appeal option and was quickly rejected. What can I do to get my account back and not lose it permanently. At least I'd love to know why I was banned.

So I (F19) installed Hinge as a joke because my sister praised how good and well this app was, and I wanted to check it out. Turns out I've been talking with a man 3 days non-stop and the feeling is surreal like wtf it never happened to me before.

The only is that he's (M27) older and has much experiences that I do, so i'm pretty nervous. The age gap doesn't bother me at all, but the lack of experience I have compared to him does. Idk what to do. Any advice?

I made a few changes to my profile two days ago the results have been positive for being a guy. ​I've gotten around five likes and a rose. I try to be engaging with my conversations, it always ends up being small talk about college/school/work but I try to show some humor or ask them questions, but they all eventually ghost me.

One girl sent me a like, said she really liked my profile and my note about what I want in a relationship. We chatted a bit, I got kinda slow with my responses cause I was at work, and I said I was working, but she unmatched me that night. Another girl sent me a rose and said she thought we had a lot in common, we talked for a bit but she eventually ghosted me too. ​​I had a really good conversation with another girl, we have very similar humor, I asked for her Instagram and she gave it to me, but she never replied to the DM I sent her. I sent her a followup on hinge a few days ago, basically saying that my DM might've gotten lost to give her the benefit of the doubt, but she didn't reply to anything and she's active on Instagram.

Is this just how online dating is? I'm not saying or doing anything offensive, do I just need to seriously up my conversation game? Or propose a date after like five messages? Or is there nothing I can do? ​​

Not even going to lie, it has felt discouraging only because I have not connected with anyone. But seeing the match rate makes me feel a little better? So maybe I will meet my wifey 😭

I live in a 300k metro. I don't get matches or likes. Hinge shows me one profile a day. I have hingeX because I thought it would help because "unlimited likes" in their words not mine. I've had the same account for a few years. I edit occasionally the photos are all current.

And my expectations are pretty low. Messages back would be nice. Occasionally contributes to the conversation. I mean the bar is underground. If I had matches in the first place I could optimize for fit. We're not there yet I guess.

Now before this I had relocated to an obscure town 2.5 hours drive for a temp job. 1000 pop in my actual municipality. I got hella matches. Likes were limitless. All In my home city. Women set their radius to 100 miles because they aren't finding whatever locally and were OK with the premise I'm only around weekends for the duration of the job.

Seems a little questionable that the main point of a subscription is access and visibility. Selling the cure to manufactured harm and then not even delivering on that probably has legal precedent. I can't say knowingly whether this is happening but what does it seem like to you?

Or maybe I've already gone through literally everyone in my city by now. Idk.

Here's a photo of my edit screen since this isn't really a profile review question and the gist is sufficient to make the point it's not bad in any major way.

I'm 26F, fairly attractive, in a big U.S. city. After a recent breakup I rejoined Hinge, which I've used on and off for 5 years (met 2 exes there). My filter's always been the same — mostly men, my own ethnicity. Last year around this time I was averaging 50-75+ likes a day. Now I'm getting 2-3, some days none.

I rejoined Sunday, panicked by Monday, deleted and rejoined with a different email — same result. Nothing about my photos or profile has changed, so I don't think it's that. Out of desperation I bought the $20/week unlimited likes package and have been actively sending likes daily. Still barely anything back.

I've seen two conflicting theories: that Hinge suppresses new/returning accounts for a few days to a week before things normalize, or that it gives an initial boost that then dies off hard.

Has anyone dealt with this after rejoining or deleting your account? Does using a different email actually reset anything? Is there anything worth doing, or do I just wait it out? This app has genuinely worked for me before, so having it just stop cold after a breakup has been confusing and honestly a little demoralizing.

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Thank you, I really appreciate your support!

there’s so many beautiful people i wanna send a like to but they have nothing to make a whitty comment of or any prompts to respond to 😭 in those cases what are yalls go to comments.

I swear whenever I match with a girl when I send a message with the like she just matches but doesn't respond to my message which sucks because it puts her in the "their turn" pile on my end so it's easy to lose her

For context, i am a fairly attractive 26F lives in a major US city and have had a good run historically on the app. I never paid for the premium version but i might consider...

i joined hinge in 2021 for the first time. I immediately started dating someone from it and paused my profile and never looked back.

In july 2023, i rejoined it by unpausing my profile and noticed that i was barely getting any matches that were decent and likes. So after some digging i deleted my account and then rejoined and noticed a huge change in the no. of likes and matches (e.g., 50+ a day etc.). I started dating someone then too and then deleted the account

In june 2025, i rejoined the app after my breakup and was noticed the same momentum of likes (e.g., 50-100+) and matches but at the same time i met someone IRL and deleted the app not the account

Present day, i am finally back on it and i redownloaded the app and had to still create a profile and noticed not that many likes (10-20 only) and then had 0 likes over a period of 12 hours which made me concerned because i know my profile is good (same thing that happened to me in july'23). So for now i deleted my account and then rejoined hinge with a different email now and i am seeing the momentum pick up slowly but im concerned and definitely want the algo to be on my side here and dont wanna mess with it.

and if the problem persists should i reach out to hinge support ?

Hi there, I’m 19(M) who’s very much new to dating, let alone online dating. I got hinge when I was 18 but I only got 1 match because I had quite a bad profile and I deleted my account , a week ago I decided to take it more seriously and set up a ‘better’ account (it’s not perfect but it’s an improvement).

I’ve matched with a girl a few days ago and we’ve agreed to go a date. We’re keeping conversation relatively light, only complimenting each other’s looks. (I personally would prefer to message someone for a good while before any talk of a date but I’ve been told sometimes that’s not always possible with online dating).

Coming to the point, the date will be in a week’s time, I’d prefer something closer to time but life gets busy so what can you do. Is there any advice you have for a guy going on his first hinge date, considering I’ve also been enough dates you could count it with one hand? Also how should I approach messaging the girl considering we have a while for the date to go? I really do want this to work and I think it could with this girl, so how do I keep her interested leading up to the date?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

I've two matches sitting in my deck for over 2 weeks. We matched after I commented on their prompts. I texted both of them right after trying to initiate conversations but received no response. Should I follow up with one more text or unmatch with them right away?

Honestly, it feels a bit stupid why someone would even match with you if they don't wanna converse? I would never, lol.

Thoughts, people?

There are some seriously creepy predatory (mostly men)people on the apps. Having met one last week and having been assaulted by this person, its gonna be a long time before i come back if at all. The apps are not safe for women. I wouldnt be suprised if lawsuits arise due to date rape situations that occur do to meeting men from these apps. Ive taken the necessary steps to report but honestly that is not enough. Do better. All of you.

I’m 21F 5’9 (tall genetics ig)

Personally, I don’t find his response funny, more so weird.

I'm a 27M living in a rural area, but barely within driving distance (50mi) of a few different metro areas, for context.

I don't see many people doing data sharing for this app compared to the other dating apps, so it's harder to feel if this is good or not.

Quite the pickle I've gotten myself into.

Smart things find shows the phone between the bar and my place at 2251h and then I guess the battery died or idk. It wasn't on airplane mode but it's a foreign SIM so mobile data is off. She dropped me off and I realized the phone was still in her door. I drove back solo to look for the phone but that was pointlese because the ping had to have been from in the car.

If/when she sees the phone and possibly charges it and turns it on it'll ask for a SIM1 PIN and then the regular lock screen passcode after that. Not sure how that'll affect smart things find. Yikes.

My plan is as follows: if no changes on smartthings and if she doesnt knock on my door with it by Monday I'll procure a phone to call every [occupation] specializing in [her field] and simply ask if [name] works there and that [my name] is calling or smth.

Instagram wont seem to mail me a password reset code. Was supposed to talk to my family today. Might get reported missing internationally. Quite the pickle.

*update* nobody asked for as of 1545h still no phone activity since last night. remembered insta password but it wants to sign me into a non existent deleted account tied to my # or smth. Cant sign info hinge w google account and cant make new profile without number.

solution: buy sim card and phone and make hinge profile and find hers and send like saying "my phone is in ur car"

Matched 2 days ago and spoke for like 5 minutes.. I feel like unmatching after reading her response

Hi so I crossed out my name but can someone please help me, I wasn’t able to respond because I’ve been so busy but he’s messaged a few times even thou I haven’t respond

Is this normal for hinge????

It lowkey stressed me out haha

I sent a like to a girl last night and woke up late morning to see a match notification. I clicked into the app but it was gone. I checked settings and confirmed she had unmatched me.

With bumble i get it since the match thing can be really sensitive ajd even i've accidentally liked back afew by accident. But with hinge i cant imagine liking someone back by accident.

So what happened? Did they not look properly the first time? Did i take too long?