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Loving Someone on the Hinge

Hinge is a dating app that wants to take the power of Tinder. It’s been around for many years and aims to come off in a slightly different way from the current incumbent. It’s still about the profile and pictures, but the journey into history might be a little different. This tutorial will show you how the app works and how to like someone on Hinge.

Hinge started with a pure Facebook focus. Facebook takes your profile data and pictures and creates your profile from it. Then it added the ability to never connect to Facebook and act like a regular dating app. You can go the Facebook route or create your profile from scratch, depending on how good your Facebook profile is or if you want another app that collects your social media data.

Unlike Tinder, Hinge focuses on being promotional, not the event itself. He makes it clear that he sees his job as introducing people and then letting you meet for real. That’s a nice thought and one that permeates the way Hinge works.

Also unlike Tinder, Hinge is not about swiping. Facebook goes back to its roots and instead asks you to like people. You can like a picture, a comment, one of the profile replies, or anything else. You can also filter by many criteria. Liking or swiping, it’s all the same after all, but there’s a key difference between the two apps.

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Like someone on the hinge

So you downloaded the application, created your profile with Facebook or from scratch, added your profile, your criteria and completed the rest of the bargaining. Now it’s time to look for a date.

Hinge uses criteria you set to filter your potential matches. It then displays them one at a time in a recognizable order so you can say yes or no. You’re still swiping, this time scrolling through potential matches instead of rejecting them. When you find someone you like, you can read their profile and have the opportunity to like a picture, an answer to a question, or the profile in general.

In the profile you will see a small heart in a circle. Tap this to like it. If an image has a heart, you like the image. If it’s on a comment or reply, you’re liking that comment or response. Later you will have the opportunity to leave your own comment and hopefully join the conversation.

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The more you use the Hinge, the more it learns what you like and don’t like. Based on what it learns, it will improve the profiles it shows you.

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Same rules different application

The hinge works differently but is also very similar. You still need to upload some high quality images and write an impressive profile. The Profile section has been made a bit easier with Profile Prompts. These are a series of questions that you can add to your profile as icebreakers, such as ‘The award I should be nominated for…’, ‘I’m actually legally bad…’ or ‘The dumbest thing about me is…’.

Writing the profile requires the same attention and effort as on Tinder, Bumble or any dating app. The better your pictures and profile, the higher your chances of getting an appointment.

Some things are different though. Hinge wants to be more about dating and relationships than hookups and interactions. While Tinder seems happy to keep messaging and interactions within the app, Hinge wants you to be there as quickly as possible. Like someone and the app will even suggest places of mutual interest where you can go on a date.

The introduction of the fee was controversial, but it actually works in your favor. Sure you have to spend $7 a month on a dating app, but it also filters wheat from the chaff. We all know the quality of people on free dating apps and websites and no one wants to deal with that. By slightly raising the barrier to entry, you remove most of the scammers, scammers, catfish, and common scumbags lurking around free apps.

Hinge is different enough to be fresh and profiles are more detailed than Tinder. She markets herself to those looking for a relationship rather than a relationship, and I think she delivers. I like the way it asks you to actually get out there and have a real date instead of just hanging out on the app. For these reasons alone I think it’s worth using.

Did you use a hinge? Did you like it? Was there any success? Got any horror stories you want to share? You know what to do!