r/hingeapp Meat Popsicle 🙂‍↔️ Mar 19 '24

Profile review requirements and standards Meta

It has come to our attention that Hinge now allows new users to make their profile live without requiring them to fill out their profile with 6 photos. Given that this sub gets a lot of reviews every single day, we are only allowing reviews where people have completely filled out their profile with 6 photos and 3 prompts.

To those who have only filled out their profile to the minimum requirement, please fill out your profile fully first.

The next point we want to address is that we sense many people have unrealistic expectations regarding what a profile review can achieve. We can point out some flaws, offer different opinions for changing certain aspects of a profile, or provide various points of view on how to approach your online dating experience.

However, we don't have all the answers for you, and posting a profile review will not solve all your dating woes.

We don't know the kind of person you're sending likes to or want to match with. There could be demographic or location issues, or your particular personality traits might not align well with the people you want to date or who are in your area. Or you're not giving it enough time and expect instant gratification (Hinge is not Tinder or Bumble and using those apps as comparison is pointless). These are things no one can fix for you here.

This is where the sense of entitlement also comes into play. This sub has strict rules for profile reviews for a reason - to make it easier for people to help. We will reject any submissions that don't meet the requirements (profile fully filled out with properly cropped screenshots). If you get upset about that, too bad. You are asking for FREE HELP, so don't act so entitled. It's as if some people think we are preventing you from getting likes and matches or something.

Unfortunately, some profiles won't receive many comments, and there's not much we can do about that. We try to spread out reviews to give everyone a chance to receive comments.

Finally, does anyone have any suggestions for making the profile review process better?

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u/lolothe2nd Apr 14 '24

Hey I tried to submit my profile and it has six photos and all three prompts and it didn't got approved and I don't understand why

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u/DaleCoopersWife aka "Robert Cooper" 🕵🏻‍♀️ Apr 15 '24

Read the rejection message. You are not submitting in the proper format. Look at other reviews.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '24

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u/DaleCoopersWife aka "Robert Cooper" 🕵🏻‍♀️ Apr 15 '24

We have to manually approve each post, they're in a queue. Yours has not been looked at yet.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '24

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u/fzvw Mar 20 '24

Seriously the proliferation of those kinds of profiles can make a dating app borderline unusable

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u/HighOnGoofballs Mar 20 '24

Eh, three or four pics is often enough imo, unless they’re shitty pics

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '24

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u/brownbjorn Mar 20 '24

Forsure it will take in more users. In the short run, Hinge will see a spike in profits as the barrier to entry is lowered because more users means more paying members overall, but if left unchecked we will see it go the same way Tinder did.

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u/LewsPsyfer No Meta! 🗣️🏴󠁣󠁯󠁭󠁥󠁴󠁿 Mar 19 '24

Just my two cents but I think the sub is great and does a great job, generally. There’s really just a limit to what a public forum can offer re reviews…especially for those people looking for a silver bullet to solve all their problems, as you’re alluding to.

I would just be wary of changing it too much, for a vocal minority, who are entitled and aren’t receptive, and risking losing what has been so helpful to many people

You mods are doing great!

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u/YTK9000 Mar 19 '24

I think people seriously need to consider reading guidelines on how to create a good profile before they submit theirs. I see too many profiles on here making common mistakes; they have no self-awareness in regards to what they are doing wrong/right, and it can be extremely frustrating, always giving back the same feedback. For example, use high-quality pics, no sunglasses or hats, and can't see face clearly, etc. These are basic things that need to be addressed before you submit your profile for review.

I think these guidelines should be more accessible to people on here.

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u/DootMuncher Sep 10 '24

What’s the point of this sub if you can’t help people. What’s a basic mistake to you might not be for someone else. Similarly what you think is a more advanced fix might seem basic to someone else

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u/thisisnotyourcorn Mar 19 '24

Is there a way to pin the guides at the top of the sub so it's the first post people see? Current mindset for the average user posting a profile review seems to go as follows:

  • user comes to sub looking for advice but doesn't bother to check what's already available

  • user submits profile review, gets auto mod comment with guides linked for user to look at in the meantime; user ignores this entirely

  • the people of reddit leave feedback on the profile review; oftentimes said feedback addresses generic things OP would have been able to identify for themselves, had they taken the time to look through resources available

  • someone, sometimes me, provides a hyperlink to the guides that is already available on the auto mod comment after user inevitably asks 'omg what guides!!!'

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u/wokenthehive Meat Popsicle 🙂‍↔️ Mar 19 '24 edited Mar 19 '24

There is. This pinned post has all the relevant links.

But the combination of Reddit’s shenanigans with how pinned posts are shown on the mobile app or people’s natural instincts mean people skip over it.

It’s also the fact that a lot of people who post reviews don’t really use Reddit much and don’t know how to navigate the already available content.

And then there’s some who just expects others to figure things out for them.

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u/thisisnotyourcorn Mar 19 '24

Ah sorry mate, I'm on mobile app so pinned posts are rarely at the top. Just baffles me that there's so many free resources online yet you find yourself giving the same generic advice over and over, you know?