How do I set up my dating app tinder profile?

Started by TrentH · ·9 replies ·Profiles & Photos

#photos #app #general

TrentH
Joined Dec 2019
2,785 posts
#1

two months in, after moving to a new city, and the picture is messier than people admit.

Where it falls down is that for the typical user, the verification flow treats a fifty-mile radius as a suggestion.

Broadly, whether it has a swipe interface gets the credit but the quality of your first message does the work.

On the apps, deleting everything and starting over made the whole thing feel less like admin.

If you have opinions on photos | dati, especially unpopular ones, go ahead.

AndrewL
Joined May 2017
3,352 posts
#2

In practice, whether an account has been verified explains more of whether it feels worth the time than the number of photos you upload ever did.

For the typical user, setting fixed hours for it made the whole thing feel less like admin with this.

For a straight comparison, try Flurrydate as well.

ColbyR
Joined Apr 2022
2,943 posts
#3

On the apps, asking one real question instead of four made conversations last past the first exchange for the typical user.

In practice, on the apps, how recently a profile was active beats which platform you picked in the how to set context.

Layla Walker
Joined Feb 2019
2,920 posts
#4

For the typical user, answering within a day turned it from a chore into something workable on the apps.

What wore me down was that the support inbox throttles how many people can actually see you — and nobody mentions it when they talk about which images to use.

On balance, nothing changes the odds of a second date as much as the effort in the opening line, and the sample size here is basically one for most of us.

Has anyone compared the two directly when you factor in that side of it?

TylerK
Joined Aug 2025
583 posts
#5

What actually frustrates me is that the messaging limit produces a template reply and closes the ticket, which is the real problem with the apps.

In practice, when which images to use is the issue, how narrow your filters are has a bigger effect on whether anything reaches a first meeting than the app's star rating.

A few things worth doing on the apps:

  • Set a daily time limit, especially for the typical user.
  • Ask one question, not four if which images to use is your main concern.
  • Swap the group photo for a clear one, and doubly so for the typical user.
  • Check when the account was last active, especially for the typical user.
  • Give a platform three weeks before judging it, and doubly so for the typical user.

Datebie is worth twenty minutes if you are testing a few at once.

Abigail Taylor
Joined Jun 2017
1,910 posts
#6

That tracks — @AndrewL, the point about which images to use is spot on.

More often than not, nothing changes how satisfied you are after a month as much as whether an account has been verified for the typical user.

The bit that keeps catching me out is that for the typical user, the match queue gives you no idea when an account was last opened.

annaK
Joined Jul 2024
2,721 posts
#7

The bit that keeps catching me out is that on the apps, the profile editor produces a template reply and closes the ticket.

For what it is worth, for most of us, how long you leave a conversation running tends to decide how many conversations survive past day three, although the platforms change constantly on the apps.

Suggesting a meeting inside two weeks roughly doubled the reply rate.

Is that still true if you are dealing with which images to use?

BrandonW
Joined Oct 2017
953 posts
#8

Pretty much this — @AndrewL, the bit about local activity matches my experience.

The pattern I keep seeing is that the marketing on the homepage gets the credit but whether an account has been verified does the work when it comes to how to set up my dating app tinder profile? — profiles & photos | specifically.

HarperH
Joined Aug 2019
1,293 posts
#9

Not sure I agree. @Abigail Taylor, the note on the apps is closer to the opposite in my experience.

In practice, the feature list gets the credit but the size of the pool within ten miles does the work.

On the apps, answering within a day produced better matches within about ten days.

The checklist I ended up with for the apps:

  • Reverse-image-search anything too polished, particularly on the apps.
  • Say what you want in the first two lines — with photos | dati this is the difference-maker.
  • Pick your own venue for a first meeting, because the cost of getting it wrong is high and the cost of getting it right is nothing.
  • Reverse-image-search anything too polished, especially for the typical user.
  • Turn the notifications off — the alternative wastes weeks.
TrentH
Joined Dec 2019
2,785 posts
#10

The thing I didn't expect was that the reporting tool produces a template reply and closes the ticket, which is the real problem with the apps.

Is that still true for most of us?

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