Why is Hinge filled with trash

you are full of shit brah

Hinge definitely had the most "interesting" people on it. I recommend getting on as many of the apps as possible and just playing the numbers game but being strict on filtering and stick to initial 15 - 30 minute coffee dates. This way you don't burn time. I noticed the apps vary by geography quite a bit too. Bumble was awesome on the west coast but awful in mountain region for example. YMMV and my experience is 2 - 3 years out of date.

Tell me you can't pull without telling me you can't pull

Can agree that Hinge isn't great. Something is up with how they setup their algorithm. There are too many unattractive women being put up front when rolling through the queue. Rolling through the queue can be tiresome, but I've had good matches with some attractive women who made the move first with "liking" or commenting on something on my profile. I've had some good success with bumble, okcupid and coffee meets bagel. They don't always churn out spectacular people, but there are some good ones in there without the frustration hinge brings.

I can agree with what one of the other posters mentions that great girls aren't on the apps, or in my opinion they don't have the best profiles on dating apps and you swipe left on them instantly. I think it's just easier to try and meet people in person through mutual friends, events and other places as opposed to judging their profile. Less risk and pressure, much more casual as you get to know someone's personality and if you find them attractive or not. If it doesn't work, you can easily move on.

I think most of the top girls moved on to Instagram and OnlyFans, welcome to the future

Nah man it really depends on the town/city you're in. My hometown hinge is absolute trash, but boston and NYC aren't half bad. In fact, chatting up this QT3.14 from hinge right now and she's dope.

I'm downloading this Hinge app right now, I haven't ever used it. Cheers.

I met my gf of 2yrs on Hinge. But I was on in the early days when you only got like 5 likes and everyone had to be a friend of a friend via Facebook. 

Was using it in Chicago & had plenty of really good dates with smart, good looking girls. Could just be because I am incredibly handsome so YMMV 

Clearly no one in this thread understands how Hinge works. You have to swipe for a while before it figures out your preferences and assesses what your ELO is, and then it tiers you and starts showing you people based on your preferences/level of attractiveness. This can take a couple of weeks, but if you're past that and still getting a lot of unattractive people then it probably just means you're not as attractive as you think you are. And it's not regional, there are fewer people in other cities but if you're tiered into swiping on attractive girls you'll get them everywhere.

i'm banned from hinge. I was banned from bumble too. these platforms are so gynocentric. 

I have a different view to the above poster, I believe it shows you the most swiped people in the area first, and as you keep swiping you get to the least desirable. lets be honest, most guys will swipe on the same kind of girls. especially if there is ass on display.

 

cute people who can make conversation aren't on Hinge, bro

I used to use Match, but since I'm into Asian women it was really difficult to use because a ton of fake profiles are Asian women profiles. Other than asking Asian women out at work (probably a bad idea) and at the gym, I don't know where to find, like, real profiles/real women of the East. :(

You sound like a VP in IB giving comments lmfao. Go to the bar and find someone there. Bottom barrel shit on that app and apps in general

Dating/hooking up with girls was so much better/more fun during college :( 

I will give you an answer, but a short version of the answer to your question.

A lot of people are having the same issue with Hinge. Both female and male, within and outside of the US.

A quick google search about "why all fat on hinge" will introduce you to an incredible amount of people who are currently in or once were in the same situation with seeing all fats or fats + trans, back to back to back for very extended periods of time on Hinge.

A quick Google search on the situation will very likely show you that this issue is apparently happening to a large amount of people in the US - AND the UK (those are the two places I've seen specified so far).

You will run into those online who get something out of telling people that this situation is a result of how bad the people who are experiencing it are, by either saying it is your looks or your own profile causing it. Some may believe it is tied to an ELO score, just because other sites operate that way, without any further rational foundation for their belief.

If you look at the descriptions of all the other people who are experiencing the back to back to back, nonstop ugly or fat people on Hinge, you will very likely conclude that there is definitely something unexplainable happening that has very little to do with your ELO score or preferences. Either that, or all the bad people unworthy of companionship and appreciation by other humans somehow coincidentally and magically decided to come together on Hinge since this issue isn't happening nearly to the same extent on other competing apps!

Some people sign up and immediately recieved back to back ugly, fat, or trans for several weeks and sometimes months before seeing more traditionally attractive people. Others had the opposite experience, while a few others had waves of both happening over time. This is all in addition to the large amount of people (both paid and free members) who were suddenly banned from Hinge without explanation or any reason they could think of.

I doubt that anyone here knows for sure what is going on with Hinge. I doubt that anyone here knows with genuine knowledge if ELO score or preferences are a factor in this odd situation. All that is certain is the fact that many people are experiencing the same odd, annoying, discouraging phenomenon, and many people are saying the Hinge app is definitely living up to its slogan, but not for the reasons people appreciate.

Some, with myself included, assume that this Hinge nonstop fat and ugly or trans situation may be due to the new owners of the app trying to eliminate the competition and trying to slowly kill off Hinge now that they've acquired it so they can put more focus on the other sites they own. However, this could very well be wrong if it turns out that the numerous back to back fat and ugly experiences in Google searches date back to even before Hinge was acquired by Match group. I won't pretend to know for sure, and never thought to research it until right now.

In my experience, I am not only getting large amounts of fat and ugly back to back to back, but I've also matched with someone who was obviously a fake profile scammer. My results did not change after matching, so the theory that some are throwing out that things will change back to normal or get better whenever you get a match is not true. Unless the app is aware of scammers and don't care, there is no way for the app to know I was matched with a fake profile in order to say "that doesn't count" and keep sending uglies. Another thing to consider is the fact that the people complaining and talking about this most are very likely not bad looking or fat people, especially on the female side, so I doubt it is based on how much Hinge thinks a person is worth.

I guess my answer did not turn out to be a short version after all. However, in summary, this is happening to a lot of people across the US and UK, according to Google search, and people experiencing it either end up dealing with it immediately after sign up followed by some weeks or months before things change, or they start off normal before it changes to bad. Others say it goes back and forth in waves for them. Then, there are those who say they were suddenly banned without warning.

There are also a few that say they can temporarily fix the issue by toggling with their distance preferences, but I did not see any noticeable changes when I tried that.

I prefer Hinge over any other dating app. Bumble is garbage since I get legit no likes. Tinder is the same. Hinge I get a decent amount of likes a week and the quality is alright. The only issue with Hinge is that their algo puts the uggos first so you need to "X" through them for a bit. After that, you are in the clear.

Chick here - downloaded Hinge recently and am already over it. So annoying to find someone to go on a date/hu with, prefer it to happen naturally but I don't go out to the bars as often. Not sure what else to do besides just chilling I guess haha