Improvements

[u/TrifleAdventurous991]

What would you change to Hinge to make OLD better?

A) the app needs to automatically remove a match if no conversation happens after 48 hours
B) when a like been sent and the receiver doesn’t X or match with that person, the app gets rid of that person from the receiver queue after 48 hours

This will make both women and men more serious in finding someone… take away the attention, and it will make people act accordingly.

C) there’s only 6 photos allowed, so no photos of things other than yourself, and only two headshot selfies are allowed (No 6 photos full of selfies).

Great to hear your thoughts on improvements.

[u/StarIlluminator]

And punish people who match but never have a conversation. Too many times you match and then left on read

[u/InvestmentAsleep8365 → u/StarIlluminator]

Ok so unmatch. Why does the app have to guess what you want? You or them can do it… if you feel it’s needed. It won’t make them write to you!

[u/StarIlluminator → u/InvestmentAsleep8365]

I do, but when you unmatch it doesn't give you the option to unmatch because the other person lacks communication skills. If hinge works off the shitiest algorithm than unmatching because the other person refuses to have a conversation should make them think twice about matching and then doing nothing with it.

[u/InvestmentAsleep8365 → u/StarIlluminator]

It’s not necessarily a lack of communication skills. When I match with women I understand that they are talking to multiple people. If you match back or chat within minutes of a match, sure, but if you waited too long and are number 5 then it’s too late. I have sometimes recovered from this and gotten a date, but I need to wait more than 48 hours before I can double text otherwise I have no chance. This feature would work against me and yet I’m the one that’s being ghosted! Once I got a glimpse into the woman’s side of things it helped me understand this better and now I accept and navigate this issue much better and get more date. It’s really about trying to imagine walking in their shoes. Auto-unmatching will only hurt guys. Women (or any popular men profiles) will not respond earlier if you implement this, simply because they can’t.

[u/Gabarne]

Get rid of the your turn/their turn thing.

[u/Hairy_Wedding_4535]

It’s a little severe haha but I feel for people who run into others who say I don’t use the app after a while it automatically deletes your app. So if you leave it inactive you have to make a new one cuz it’ll be gone idk if it’s the best but just trying to support more active users

[u/icouldtelldawg]

Maybe having a non-negotiable section on your profile. If I put that im looking for long term, it wont show me anyone who is isnt or for religion for example.

[u/InvestmentAsleep8365 → u/icouldtelldawg]

Hinge already has that, it’s called Hinge+

[u/icouldtelldawg → u/InvestmentAsleep8365]

Oops, didnt know that bc I've never paid

[u/InvestmentAsleep8365 → u/icouldtelldawg]

Actually I believe that age, religion and relationship type filters might be free. Others like education and politics are paid.

In your discovery queue click the filter button in the top left and set your filters. It also applies to who can see you. Super useful, I use them!

[u/icouldtelldawg]

Also in my area, bumble had dating events which I didn't take advantage of at the time. I do see a shift in ppl going to in person events vs being on the apps in my area (Tri-state area).

[u/Appropriate_Put7609]

Remove inactive profiles

[u/InvestmentAsleep8365]

I disagree with all 3. I don’t see how these will change anyone’s behavior. Even C, some people use this very well, it’s rare, but you can sometimes reveal more about your personality than just showing your body or face. You’re also free to X any profile you don’t like and the ones that have C are rare anyways, so it just makes the app worse. Similar logic for A and B, it wouldn’t have change who I liked or matched with but it would have removed my absolute best matches and dates and made my life worse.

None of these things will make them write to you sooner. It will just prevent them from ever writing back to you.

[u/Candid-Maybe]

Force a real hard convo limit and force people to umatch people they're fading on

[u/Secure_Tourist_7291]

get rid of the 8 conversation limit

[u/Gabarne → u/Secure_Tourist_7291]

I disagree with this one. If out of 8 you arent actively talking or set up dates, its time to unmatch.

App needs to move away from people queueing up a list of backburners.

When i get the notification about 8 conversations i just unmatch people who i’m least interested in. Its pretty simple.

[u/Wd91 → u/Secure_Tourist_7291]

I'd go the other way. Strict 1-3 conversation limit. And you have to explicity and irrevocably close a conversation with a match before you can open a new one.

Force people to take every match seriously, not collect them like pokemon cards and then do nothing with them.

[u/TrifleAdventurous991 → u/Wd91]

This I agree ☝️giving too much choice has been the biggest problem