Tinder Secrets?

[Butters]

What is the thing for Tinder that gives you the highest leverage in 2026 as a male? My results have always been abysmal and I don't know why. I once asked a cute girl and showed her my Tinder profile and she got upset saying I look really handsome IRL, implying that my pics were bad or misleading. I've always been bad at this stuff, but at the same time don't care enough to make better pictures. 

 

[Judy2]

i think everybody's moved on from Tinder and dating apps in general for quite a while.

it's also not really your fault that you're not doing well on there  - that's pretty much built into the system. you can find videos explaining that on YouTube.

[CARDOZZO]

I want to test a hypothesis. Are you down to make it public? I can help.   

Edited 7 hours ago by CARDOZZO

[Hojo]

@ButtersUse AI, upload your face and then have it pose for you.

[Butters]

5 hours ago, CARDOZZO said:

I want to test a hypothesis. Are you down to make it public? I can help.   

You mean share my profile on here? Hell no 😂

@Hojo oh shit you're right, I forgot about that. I remember literally thinking a few months ago: "dating apps must be terrible now because of Ai, I definitely won't use them again". Then I started to travel and voila. 

Edited 2 hours ago by Butters

[Kid A]

@something_else had an amazing post regarding this topic:

On 24.11.2025 at 6:32 PM, something_else said:

Let's assume you have 6 pics to fill up on Hinge/Bumble (probably the best two dating apps in most places) then a good template for a profile is something like this:

• Pic 1: Professional or high quality photo of yourself with a clear view of your face (this should be the only staged pic, the rest should be natural or it will likely end up look like a LinkedIn profile unless you really know what you're doing)
• Pic 2: Full body shot of you doing something cool or interesting
• Pic 3: Group pic where you look confident and sociable
• Pic 4: Another shot of you doing something cool or interesting
• Pic 5: Another group shot where you look confident and sociable, ideally with a different group of people
• Pic 6: Cute/funny/hot pic, basically a wildcard photo where you can express some personality, humour, or show off more of your good looks if you have them. If you have a nice body, show it off here but in a non-douchey way e.g. a beach pic

Bio/prompts should be something short and witty, and they should encourage a girl to swipe right or ask you about something. It helps if the bio ties into one of your pics. In my case I have a pic of me holding a giant rat in my profile and my bio is "Yes that's a giant rat I'm holding, it's a cool story and you should ask me about it"

You don't have to follow this template exactly, but it's a solid starting point.

This should give you a clear idea of what a good profile looks like and what you’re lacking. 

Good looks don’t help much if you come across as boring in your pictures.