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I've noticed a lot of profiles near me are "verified", so I believe the user is real and matches the pictures somewhat. The biggest problem with tinder, at the

I've noticed a lot of profiles near me are "verified", so I believe the user is real and matches the pictures somewhat. The biggest problem with tinder, at the moment, seems to be people using the "passport" system. They pretend to be local, but really they're hundreds/thousands of miles away. I wish that was more explicit and obvious.

moistbar 5y ago
Why do they even allow that? It seems counter to the whole point of an app designed around finding someone nearby to bang.
- mholm 5y ago
  Because many users are on tinder just for validation, and getting matches makes them feel good. They're willing to pay for it, so Match is willing to take their money at the cost of UX
- newbamboo 5y ago
  More users.
- joncrane 5y ago
  Sometimes people want to match with someone in the town they're visiting (or moving to) soon. Other times, people in poorer countries are trying to match with people in richer countries. Think of Tinder as acting as a broker in a situation that sometimes people call "mail order bride."
- wombat-man 5y ago
  It kinda makes sense if you plan to be somewhere in a week or something and you want to try to link up with someone local.
fidesomnes 5y ago
No the biggest problem are snapchat spam profiles. someone is paying girls and or fake girls to create snapchat profiles for enough money to justify creating tens of thousands of fake profiles a day.
codetrotter 5y ago
> The biggest problem with tinder, at the moment, seems to be people using the "passport" system Yeah tell me about it :p I live in Norway and about the only people I regularly match with are people from South America. And in a way that’s neat, they are nice people and I want to go there some day. But I really wish I’d be shown to more people near me so I can actually meet someone IRL and have it turn into something meaningful. I cannot afford to travel right now and even if I could, COVID-19 is still making it difficult. All I want is to meet some women, hang out with them and find someone that we both enjoy being around each other. I’ve had very few matches with people actually from my country in the past year and in every year prior. I’ve been to a grand total of one date in the past year. And I’ve had proper text conversations with maybe a handful of people from my country at most. Maybe it’s a sign that I should earn some money that would allow me to leave this country for somewhere else, idk. One thing is for sure, Tinder is just not my arena in this country. So I’ve uninstalled it for like the 20th time. We’ll see how long it goes before I install it again, so I can continue meaninglessly swiping on people from my country that are not going to even see my profile, just like it always is save for a few people a year.
- stevekemp 5y ago
  I prefer OkCupid, because people have space to write a lot more, and you get a better idea of personality. On Tinder it is all about the photos, and little about the personality until you've matched. But it has to be said I've had far more meetups with tinder than anything else. Here in Helsinki it seems to be pretty popular. Maybe I stand out because I'm a foreigner, wearing a kilt, but I guess I've been quite lucky in that I get matches pretty frequently. (Though I go through phases where I ignore it for a few months, then use it for a few hours every day in a week.)
l33tman 5y ago
It doesn't work that way, it just makes you come up in the "target" destination's searches but it still will say "678 km away" etc. So it's explicit and obvious to all who sees your profile. It's a good feature, you can match with people a few weeks before going to another destination or on holiday etc.
- stevekemp 5y ago
  I'm not sure that it does all the time, or perhaps people are turning off the distance setting? I've certainly matched people who are far away, despite no desire to do so.

moistbar 5y ago

Why do they even allow that? It seems counter to the whole point of an app designed around finding someone nearby to bang.

mholm 5y ago
Because many users are on tinder just for validation, and getting matches makes them feel good. They're willing to pay for it, so Match is willing to take their money at the cost of UX
newbamboo 5y ago
More users.
joncrane 5y ago
Sometimes people want to match with someone in the town they're visiting (or moving to) soon. Other times, people in poorer countries are trying to match with people in richer countries. Think of Tinder as acting as a broker in a situation that sometimes people call "mail order bride."
wombat-man 5y ago
It kinda makes sense if you plan to be somewhere in a week or something and you want to try to link up with someone local.

fidesomnes 5y ago

No the biggest problem are snapchat spam profiles. someone is paying girls and or fake girls to create snapchat profiles for enough money to justify creating tens of thousands of fake profiles a day.

codetrotter 5y ago

> The biggest problem with tinder, at the moment, seems to be people using the "passport" system Yeah tell me about it :p I live in Norway and about the only people I regularly match with are people from South America. And in a way that’s neat, they are nice people and I want to go there some day. But I really wish I’d be shown to more people near me so I can actually meet someone IRL and have it turn into something meaningful. I cannot afford to travel right now and even if I could, COVID-19 is still making it difficult. All I want is to meet some women, hang out with them and find someone that we both enjoy being around each other. I’ve had very few matches with people actually from my country in the past year and in every year prior. I’ve been to a grand total of one date in the past year. And I’ve had proper text conversations with maybe a handful of people from my country at most. Maybe it’s a sign that I should earn some money that would allow me to leave this country for somewhere else, idk. One thing is for sure, Tinder is just not my arena in this country. So I’ve uninstalled it for like the 20th time. We’ll see how long it goes before I install it again, so I can continue meaninglessly swiping on people from my country that are not going to even see my profile, just like it always is save for a few people a year.

stevekemp 5y ago
I prefer OkCupid, because people have space to write a lot more, and you get a better idea of personality. On Tinder it is all about the photos, and little about the personality until you've matched. But it has to be said I've had far more meetups with tinder than anything else. Here in Helsinki it seems to be pretty popular. Maybe I stand out because I'm a foreigner, wearing a kilt, but I guess I've been quite lucky in that I get matches pretty frequently. (Though I go through phases where I ignore it for a few months, then use it for a few hours every day in a week.)

l33tman 5y ago

It doesn't work that way, it just makes you come up in the "target" destination's searches but it still will say "678 km away" etc. So it's explicit and obvious to all who sees your profile. It's a good feature, you can match with people a few weeks before going to another destination or on holiday etc.

stevekemp 5y ago
I'm not sure that it does all the time, or perhaps people are turning off the distance setting? I've certainly matched people who are far away, despite no desire to do so.