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Tiffanie Drayton is a geek culture and lifestyle reporter whose work covers everything from gender and race to anime and Xbox. Her work has appeared in Complex, Salon, Marie Claire, Playboy, and elsewhere.

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Woman shares nightmare Hinge date with therapist

Hinge Date Gone Wrong

‘Your car was tryinnnn to tell you’: Woman shares nightmare Hinge date with therapist

Mustafa Gatollari has been an internet culture writer for over a decade. He has a passion for connecting what’s trending on social media to solid research—helping to separate clout-chasing claims from facts.

Mustafa Gatollari

Hinge woman shows what red flags to spot 2 months into situationship

Hinge Dating

‘As soon they say “they’re going through something” it’s probably time to dip out’: Hinge woman shows what red flags to spot two months into situationship

Tricia Crimmins is a Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election. She can be found on Twitter at @TriciaCrimmins.

Tricia Crimmins

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‘The splayed out toes’: Woman says EMT took Hinge photo with a ‘body’ on a stretcher

Claire Waheed is a general assignment intern for the Daily Dot and a senior journalism student at the University of Texas at Austin. She previously wrote for entertainment site Decider.

Claire Waheed

How Hinge users are using audio messages to stand out

Hinge Audio Messages

Small talk is a thing of the past with the rise of voice messages on Hinge

woman with caption "changed the age range on my hinge from 60-100 and these audios are sending me" (l) hand holding phone with Hinge on screen (c) Hinge dating profile with man's image and audio (r)

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‘What’s Bill’s Number’: Women shares hilarious audio after changing Hinge age settings

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Unclick

‘Bro got a refund’: Man asks Hinge date to pay him back for Chipotle—because they’re not going on a second date

Woman greenscreen tiktok over Hinge messages captions "I'll do my best to change your mind about men""Hmmm what are your tactics ? I'd like a summary in APA format" "How many pages and do I need references" "At least 3 solid refrences" "and..." (l) Hinge app open in pocket of jeans (c) Woman greenscreen tiktok hand over mouth over screenshot of email caption "Overdue assignment thanks for the extension here's the work (word document attatched)" (r)

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‘Overdue ASSignment’: Hinge match writes 2-page essay with references to convince woman to go on a date

Woman greenscreen tiktok over quotes caption "TikTok's impact on dating culture" (l) woman holding phone with tiktok app on screen red lights behind (c) woman greenscreen tiktok over quotes caption "TikTok's impact on dating culture" quotes "The way to win me over is "Don't worry, I'll take care of it" "I made us reservations for tomorrow night, be ready at 7" "Let me get the door for you"" (r)

tiktok impact on dating culture

‘We’ve all just decided to raise ourselves to a higher standard’: Woman says this quote in Hinge profiles is changing dating culture

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‘They think what’s happening to us is funny’: Man on Hinge says he wants to use Roe v. Wade while he ‘still can’

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‘Green flag’: Man takes woman he met on Hinge to Target for first date, sparking debate

Kathleen is a Honolulu-based freelance writer, editor and communications strategist who has been published by the New York Times, Vice, Huffington Post, Hana Hou!, and more. She&#8217;s worked in the communication departments at the Honolulu Museum of Art, ACLU of Hawaii and Hawaii Community Foundation. When she&#8217;s not writing, she can be found in the ocean, walking her rescue poi dog or oil painting.

Kathleen Wong

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‘If you don’t have time to talk, why are you on this app?’: Woman slams Hinge match who only talked about himself in viral TikTok

Rachel Kiley is a writer who sometimes writes things and sometimes is based in L.A., but is definitely always on Twitter @rachelkiley.

Rachel Kiley

Man with beard caption " Matched with a white conservative girl on HINGE and she asked me out on a date" (l) Hinge logo on phone in hand (c) Man crying filter caption " ICE waiting at the restaurant for me" (r)

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‘Feel like this could’ve been avoided by not going out with white conservatives’: TikToker says ICE showed up after he agreed to date with Hinge match

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‘My ovaries just turned to stone’: Woman calls out Hinge match for rude voice message in viral TikTok

woman pretending to drive (l) woman looking over her shoulder, horrified (r) both with caption "when you decide to stay in on a friday, drive for uber and your man gets in the back seat with another girl"

uber driver girlfriend

‘This would be my villain origin story’: Uber driver says she got a ride request from her ‘man’ and another woman

A TikToker's date wrote a message to other men she might date on her toilet using her lipstick.

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