This new Tinder guide will teach you everything you need to know about using the app effectively and maximizing your chances of getting matches, and, hopefully, more dates. Learn how the app works, the 7 golden rules of Tinder, how to create the perfect profile, and more! This new Tinder guide will teach you everything you need to know about using the app effectively and maximizing your chances of getting
Tech nerd or not, the online dating scene can be a challenge. While almost anyone can create a Tinder account and try their luck with the app, making the kind of profile and achieving success is something that most users (notably guys) cannot boast about.
There’s a lot to talk about here, but if you stick with us for the ride, you’ll gain all the knowledge needed to get more matches on Tinder, and, hopefully, more dates.
1. Who is this guide written for?
While anyone can learn something from this article, the guide is written from the perspective of a single man. Guys need more help when it comes to Tinder. Why? Because there are more guys than girls on the app, and due to the fact that women generally have a different experience when using it. Girls typically match with nearly every profile they decide to swipe right to. As for guys, it’s not uncommon to go through 50-100 profiles before you get a match.
Now, we can go into Jordan Peterson mode and try to explain the reasons for this apparent unfairness in life, but we won’t. As one TV character famously states: «That’s just the way she goes», so let’s not dwell on this fact too much and see what we can do to increase your chances.
The system was initially created for calculating the relative skill levels of chess players, but today it is used in all sorts of competitive sports, games, and all the way to some of the most popular dating apps on the market.
In order to determine your rank, Elo takes a look at a whole bunch of things — how many people swipe right when they see you, the ranking of said people, the completeness of your profile, and even the amount of conversations you start after a match the type of the conversations themselves. Last but not least, Tinder Plus and Gold members also receive a boost in their Elo score.
One other thing to consider is how Tinder displays the people that like you. The easiest way to explain this is with an example — three people like your profile on a given day. One of them swipes right in the morning, one at noon, and one in the afternoon. You log into Tinder at 8 PM, and the first profile that you’re going to see is the one who liked you in the afternoon. Yup, things are reverse-chronological in Tinder.
There’s a lot of info to take in here, so let’s make things more concise.
1. Use Tinder between 6 PM and 11 PM. — As we pointed out above, the ideal time to use Tinder is when other people are most likely to be online. On average, activity tends to peak in the latter part of the day, around 9 PM. This means no morning swipes and no swipes while you’re bored at work.
— This will mess up your Elo score, so yes, it pays to be picky on Tinder.
3. Don’t swipe more than 60-70 profiles per day. — Same reason as rule 2.
— Take your time with each profile, take a look at all the pics, and pay attention to the description.
