In 2018, Hinge launched a "We Met" feature allowing private confirmation that matches have had a first date, in order to find more compatible matches. As a ghosting countermeasure, a "Your Turn" feature reminds a user to continue a conversation. Unlike other dating apps, users can message other users without first requiring a "match". Other traits that may be important to users, such as body type or where someone falls on the introversion/extroversion spectrum, are not included. Hinge allows users to filter matches based on traits that Hinge believes are important to users, such as religion or height. Instead of swiping, users must "like" specific photos or prompts if they wish to reach out to other members, though they are not required to respond to these photos or prompts. Presented in a vertical timeline, profiles on Hinge are composed of pictures plus three self-selected personal prompts, which encourage users to focus on personality traits rather than just appearance. Hinge was featured on CNET as one of the best dating sites for 2021.
Īlso in 2019, Hinge started Hinge Labs to research successful matches and fine-tune the compatibility algorithm and other features. The application's popularity was boosted in 2019 when US presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg revealed that he had met his husband on Hinge. Match Group owned 100% of Hinge by the first quarter of 2019. On June 20, 2018, Match Group acquired 51% ownership of Hinge, with the right to acquire all remaining shares within a year, which it exercised. Match Group made investments in Hinge as early as September 2017. Hinge Matchmaker was released in September 2017 to reinvent online dating for "people that missed out on the dating app craze". In 2017, Hinge received more mentions than other dating applications in the Weddings section of The New York Times. which enabled them to obtain their next round of funding, saving it from insolvency.
When making the mobile application, McLeod spent much of their remaining cash on a launch party in Washington D.C. The application was designed to be less superficial than Tinder, dispensing with Tinder-like swiping and using the slogan "the relationship app." īefore Hinge gained enough users to sustain the business, the company nearly ran out of funding. Starting in 2012, this would evolve in into Hinge as a mobile application and launching in February 2013. In 2011, Justin McLeod and a team including Frances Haugen founded a desktop service called Secret Agent Cupid which allowed users to connect to Facebook and list which of their friends they had crushes on.
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