Hinge claims to be the app that was designed to be deleted. And it’s been proven to have true claims so far. Literally.
However, the ‘glitch’ on that part is that a user can disable that status from their account, or the status disappears from their profile if they don’t use the app after 24 hours.
Is it a profile that hasn’t been used in a long while, or is it a profile that hid the ‘last active’ status?
Then it boils down to another question. If Hinge doesn’t want its user experience interrupted, why does it show inactive profiles?
1. Hinge can’t remove or pause your account without your permission.
After a while of not using Hinge – around one month – Hinge will likely send you a notification to let you know that since you’re not being active on the app, they’ll no longer send you notifications.
That’s because if you don’t deactivate, pause, or completely delete your Hinge account, Hinge can’t do it without your permission.
This is some sort of a loophole since Hinge doesn’t have a particular policy when it comes to user activity on the app.
If you don’t use Hinge for two years – yet you don’t bother deleting or pausing your account – then Hinge will take measures: remove your account.
So, unless you’ve got banned on Hinge or two years go by since you removed the app but have not deleted or paused your Hinge account, your account will be roaming around Hinge.
2. Your ‘inactive’ profile will be shown when users run out of better potential matches.
The dating app algorithms work similarly. Most of them tend to show potential matches that are more likely to go well with your preferences.
However, when Hinge runs out of high-quality potential matches, it’ll start showing you low-quality ones so that you don’t feel like you’re left with no options, at least for a while. Read more