#hingeapp

The app’s unique design and features encourage conversations between matches, intending to foster genuine connections and relationships. The mission of Hinge app is to help individuals form real, meaningful relationships through the use of technology and to challenge the traditional approach to online dating.

Hinge App encourages conversations between matches in several ways. The app’s unique design displays users’ answers to specific questions on their profiles, which helps to spark conversation between partners.

Now what I’m going to say is my experience. I’m not knocking ANYONE that uses dating apps. But after my first face to face with someone yesterday I realize that I am not👏🏿about 👏🏿that👏🏿 life. 

Going on dating apps such as tinder, hinge, bumble you name it is something I never thought I would be interested in. I remember when tinder became a thing in college and I was never interested since I already had a FB. I was also interested in someone so there was no need to go on there since I pretty much was set. Going on these dating apps to get your rocks off or find love is something I’m not knocking. I’ve heard successful stories so it makes you wonder if it can happen for you too. 

I remember growing up my cousin showed me how to find guys through myspace and I had a two year “relationship” with someone through there. I never met him but we sent text messages and spoke on the phone. 

As I got older, I met guys through school, work, mutual friends, the club, the bar, etc. I would prefer that instead of a dating app. But due to the pandemic and getting bored easily, what are you gonna do. 

To me with my experience, it never follows through. I’ve tried Bumble and Hinge and had most conversations there. I really enjoy Hinge because you can change the location and I travel so I enjoy that a lot. But, I realize that when it comes to going on a date or meeting up it is awkward. Some people move a little to fast for my liking and you may have various of people that you have matched with. So in case if one turns you off or rather doesn't work out then you can talk to the other guy to link up with. And that alone can be overwhelming for me. 

It’s a truth universally acknowledged that online dating is one of the most abhorrent activities one could voluntarily take on in life. Where do we even begin with this one? So intricately fucked up and disgusting is this pastime, it’s hard to even dissect the deeply unsettling nuts and bolts of it all. I was urged by my peers (you should never listen to other millennials, just as a rule) to “check out” the online dating “scene”. Well, I’ve been scoping out the scenery a bit, and it’s not an Icelandic wonder or anything. I’m not falling over with the life-changing arora borealisness of what heterosexual online dating has so far shown me. 

Everyone is familiar with the various platforms for this sadistic activity, such as Tinder, Hinge, Coffee x Bagel, and Bumble. I stuck to Bumble mostly, as the interface pleaseth me mucheth and many a heterosexual dude friend had recommended the "feminist Tinder” app to me. Fancying myself a feminist and having survived nightmarish Tinder (which to me, kind of just feels like a vast catalog of humanity’s worst), I gave it a go. Truth be told, Bumble is dece. If I had to pick a favorite, I would have to go with the Bum. But picking a favorite dating app is like picking a favorite Republican presidential candidate. Like, do I have to?

TOP THOUGHTS ON [MY] BUMBLE DATING

01. For many, it’s a game of Hot or Not. People swipe and you match and they never respond. You just have to move on. Many of these Hot or Not-ers are also recently single, on the rebound, and looking for some kind of digital self-validation. I get it, but odd nevertheless.

02. Heterosexual dudes really like to quote Zoolander in their About Me’s. The same quote. Every time. So many of you out there.

03. Heterosexual dudes also really like to make mention of personal point systems for qualities that they like in women. E.g. “points if you know what X is” or “points if you __”. It’s unclear what one is supposed to do with these “points”. Like I fucking need your arbitrary points. Is this Chuck-E-Cheese? Am I cashing them in? 50 tickets for 1 second of non-douchebaggery?

04. They say it’s a statistics game. “You have to dig through a lot of coal before you find that diamond”. Are all of these bad dates supposed to make me appreciate an actual good one when it comes along? Can I just skip dating altogether and remember to appreciate a decent interaction when I recognize one? Who actually WANTS to be good at surviving terrible dates and reapplying the same get-to-know-you process again and again? It’s a soul-sucking journey and if I enjoyed repetitive, dull torture, I’d take up running. I’m just not cut out to be a coal miner, guys. Please bring me a diamond when you find one. Please refer to James Corden’s Carpool Karaoke segment with Chris Martin for my ideal mate’s personality. Either Corden or Martin will do nicely.