Do you think that tinder is mainly just for hookups these days?

[Anonymous]

[MrOracle]

These days? LOL. Tinder was engineered specifically to be a hook-up app from the very beginning, and has always been. An app designed to help you find relationships would require that participants invest a lot of effort in getting to know the other person - Tinder does the opposite: it allows you to choose matches based on the most shallow piece of information possible: how they look. You don't have to know ANYTHING about them other than their profile picture - which may or may not even be a representation of what they look like today. How disingenuous is that? How shallow?

Tinder has value to two groups of people: the hot 9+ guys who want casual sex with virtually no investment in the girl at all, and women who are willing to trade casual sex for attention (generally if willing to accept guys in the 5-8 range) or status (girls who only accept guys in the 9+ range).

For everyone else, the vast majority of the time, Tinder either gets you a big disappointment (this is mostly women's experience) or nothing at all (mostly men's experience).

[es20490446e]

Wise words.

[Twinrova]

Hook up is for whatever women want. I can get 100 matches in the first 2 days of using Tinder, because it shows your profile to a lot of women. After a few days, it goes down to 4 or 5 a day. According to a few people I know, after a month it goes down even more. I've only ever used it twice though, for a period of less than a month each time, so I can't confirm that last part. If you're a guy don't use Tinder. It punishes you if you are a male so that you will buy their membership thingy. It's such a bs website.

[FictionalCharacter]

Mmm, yes and no. Yeah there are jerks on there. But it depends if the girl wants to take a risk on one of them. But mostly people just message each other and it doesn’t really end on a date. But mostly ghosting.

But it is funny, that the creator is making big money 💵. While people are paying premium just to message 😅 each other.

[nandinikhaneja]

Well, don't know about hookups but I feel that Tinder is bascially used for fun! I have heard so many stories where there people had bad experience with their Tinder dates. So, I don't know but it would be better for people to avoid hookups and go for something real. But, honestly, that is my opinion!

[Brainsbeforebeauty]

I've never been on tinder, but hasn't it always been 🤔 from what I've heard it was... I mean if people try to use GAG for those purposes even tho it's not a dating site, then stands to reason people definitely doing that on a dating site...

[CasaNorba]

it always has indeed. no offense to the OP but this is a moronic question to ask.

[Brainsbeforebeauty]

@CasaNorba kinda lol never even been in there but even I knew the answer to that lolol

[CasaNorba]

I guess she's one of those naive sheeps who believe the female users of that who claim they "met their husbands there" or the infamous who write "I dont do hookups" or deny its a hookup app so they won't feel bad about themselves for using a hookup app

[Zannika02]

Always been

[PBandJ_Nerd]

I thought Tinder as well as Grindr were made for people who wanted hook-ups only and not like actually dating somebody? But yeah, I'd say the majority is for hook-ups not dates. Most people go to other sites if they want to go on dates.

[Moonchild714]

Tinder has always been anout Hookups nothing else. Sure there are those who say they are there looking for Relationship but majority are Lying.

[Flower7]

Yes, absolutely! 100%

[lilyanony1]

Tinder was always for hook ups. When I went on that's all I found or networking.

[trustnoone77]

Yes!! I’ve met many men on dating apps from Tinder, Bumble, Hinge and March and there’s a lot of weirdos and only one night stands type of guy. I had this one guy saying you have a nice ass etc then later sends me a pic of him hard about to nut. Smh! I blocked him right away.

[TaureanBull81]

Geez you poor thing @trustnoone77 🤣🤪

[geonator]

Was your ass actually in any of your photos or did he just say that?

[Kaazsz]

Tinder is for one purpose. For extremely attractive men to have sex with whatever girls they like. That’s it.


Also really extremely ugly people that shock me that they exist, looking for other really ugly people to find a relationship. I think? I’m pretty sure the hideous people end up getting together lol. Maybe that’s not true but I have anecdotal evidence lol.

[Cougar2Yall]

Totally!

[summiter]

It is geared toward hookups... I don't currently need it but some of my friends use it and have had some fun hookups. How bout you?

[godfatherfan]

I hear people say that all the time. That has never been my experience with it. I have had a few dates off it and even dated someone about a month. But I know that many people do use it just for hookups or "window shopping".

[integrale77]

I know tinder is intended for hookups but all I see is women looking for a full on relationship or fake profiles.
I'm in the UK (Nottingham) for reference other areas might be different.

[Kkaos]

Same where I am. Think it's universal. It's mostly guys who give it the hookup reputation.

[FreyaRed]

Nope.
Some girls use dating apps to satisfy their need for attention.

[Bri_Happy]

Totally!

[JustJasmine01]

My roommate joined tinder her freshman year of college but she wasn’t looking for a hookup at all and was actually looking for a relationship and had trouble finding one in real life. Sure it has the reputation of being a hookup app but I think it depends on the person. I met my first boyfriend on a dating app and he was great. Needless to say my roommate was on there for a year and had met some guys and now sophomore year she found a boyfriend on there. So I would say it depends, but I wouldn’t go on there looking for a relationship she just got lucky.

[BCA6010]

These days?

Always was.

[G3tAClue]

Wasn’t it originally for hookups?

[CasaNorba]

it is. the thing is that most women who use it claim is not just so they won't feel bad about themselves and risk being called whore or slut in return

[G3tAClue]

Lol what?

[CasaNorba]

you know how women who are into hookups get stereotypes as being whores and slut?

[G3tAClue]

I honestly don’t care about that. I expect guys on there to respect any reason I have to be on tinder as they do.

[Justin213]

Psh, I've made more "friends" than anything else 🙄

[TruthBringer]

It's main design was for hook-ups. Only girls use it for getting attention from dudes they never plan on seeing, simply because they are bored. It is their source of constant free attention/validation. It is rare to find people who are genuinely interested in a relationship, since the people on the app often repulse them.

In my case, I met my current girlfriend through Tinder. Out of the many girls I had matched with, she was the only genuine one. And from what she told me, guys she matched with always talk sexually. Even though she had very normal pictures that don't show skin or anything 'sexy'

[SphynxUK]

Always will be!