Hinge - is it me?!

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Im a bit deflated and confused about Hinge, after finally signing up again after 2 years off it.

I'm 31, attractiveish (I'd say a 6 or 7), in London and don't have a single match on Hinge. Similar profile to before which had some success. But in 4 days only likes have had are from older men outside my parameters and no matches.

Did hinge get bad or is it me?!

I’m quite a lot older than you (55) and only ever had 1 match on hinge in a year whereas others apps I’ve had loads.
I get quite a.few likes but they’re always from older men/long distance or completely not my type.

Same here, a bit deflated about Hinge. I've just gone back on after 9 months out after a family bereavement, but the same faces are still there (they may of course say the same about me!), and the ones that like me are either too far away, or just not my type, either through their words or photos. Perhaps I'm just fussy?

I'm early 50s.

And all they seem to what to do on a sunday is go for a long walk, with a sunday roast at a pub with a log fire! Don't get me wrong, nothing wrong with that, but tell me more interesting things!

I'm debating trying something else, but don't think I'm a tinder person, and really don't feel old enough to do the over 50s one!

I tried it a few years ago, I never liked it that much, very slow on there, I think people sign up and forget to look, I matched with a few but never got a hinge date, not in my area. I would of thought London would be better, I found more luck on bumble and match for dates, still single and given up with them for time being.

I'm mid 30s and it's exactly the same experience for me on Hinge. I get plenty of matches on Tinder but Hinge is like a desert for me

And all they seem to what to do on a sunday is go for a long walk, with a sunday roast at a pub with a log fire

Every single one of them says that exact same thing.

I must say I wasn't a fan of Hinge when I was OLD. I think fundamentally Hinge asks you for too much work upfront. You are expected to really read through a person's profile and come up with a witty comment or hello before you even know if the attraction is reciprocated. With Tinder you at least know straight off the bat if they are attracted to you too before the initial hello.

If you’re not paying they will deliberately not display your profile etc.

OLD is the absolute pits. I came off for good a few months ago and I’m SO much more confident and happier and as a result I’m a getting a lot more positive attention in real life.

I think they will die a death. Especially given the Bumble fiasco recently.

@Wigglytuff345 what’s the bumble fiasco? There’s a great article somewhere that backs what you say, which is basically, the dating apps are all monetising the game so unless you pay, they don’t give you the best matches etc. Not sure where I read it though.

Having said that, I’m in London, and I met my boyfriend on Bumble. Both mid-40s and just came back from a lovely long weekend overseas. He was on Hinge too (so was I when we compared notes later) but I did not like Hinge as never got anything off it and interestingly, I never saw him on there. I was also out of his search area, so I might have not been one of his ‘better’ matches but we work! 🙂

It's a shame as Hinge always seemed the best for people who actually wanted an actual relationship and was my favourite app
But yeah it was slim pickings when it came to actual numbers
I did pay for it for a short while but didn't notice much difference
Did meet my current partner on it though

Huge scandal over Bumble’s latest ‘marketing’ campaign, about how ‘celibacy is not the answer’ in response to how women are fed up with being expected to sleep with loser guys… and the 4B movement.

Wow that’s appalling - basically saying ‘cone on ladies get your knickers off for the losers and stop having standards’

The so called improvements to Bumble have turned it in to Tinder. I always liked the fact that women didn’t get unsolicited messages on there but now any random seems to be able to send a comment.

Actually there's a lot of women with exactly the same on their profiles! But I agree, Hinge seems to offer nothing (maybe it works if you pay), I only got a Catfish....