'Finally, a dating app feature I can get behind!' Singletons love Hinge's 抱擁する update which lets them automatically filter out time-wasters and creeps

  • The Hidden Words 道具 lets 使用者s filter out unwanted 条件 from other 使用者s?
  • Social マスコミ 使用者s have welcomed the new feature calling it 'lifesaving'??

By Wiliam Hunter

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With thousands of 可能性のある matches, 開始 up any dating app can feel like wading through a sea of spam and unwanted texts.

But now, Hinge has made it easier than ever to 避ける time wasters and 有毒性 by letting 使用者s filter out unwanted 条件.?

The new Hidden Words 道具 automatically 封鎖するs 'Likes with Comments' 含む／封じ込めるing words, phrases or even emojis, as chosen by the 使用者s.

And from 'Sunday Roast' to 'F1', Hinge 使用者s have taken to social マスコミ to 株 the phrases and dating clich?s that they're sick of 審理，公聴会 about.?

One X, 以前は Twitter 使用者, wrote: 'Finally, a dating app feature I can get behind.'?

Hinge has launched a new 'Hidden Words' feature that allows users to filter out a selection of words, phrases, and emojis

Hinge has 開始する，打ち上げるd a new 'Hidden Words' feature that 許すs 使用者s to filter out a 選択 of words, phrases, and em ojis?

How to 追加する Hidden Words on Hinge

  • Open the Hinge app and select the 'Settings' tab.
  • Under 'Safety' select 'Hidden Words'.
  • 追加する any words, phrases, or emojis you want to filter out.
  • Any 'Likes with Comments' 含む／封じ込めるing those words will be filtered into a separate folder.
  • These likes will not count に向かって your total likes count.??
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On Hinge, instead of just liking the whole profile, 使用者s can also like a 明確な／細部 part such as a picture or 誘発する and choose to 追加する a comment which the other 使用者 can read.?

The new feature, which was 解放（する）d this week, gives 使用者s the 選択 to create a 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） of 'Hidden Words'.??

Any time a 使用者 receives a Like with Comment 含む／封じ込めるing one of these words, that message will be filtered into a separate folder.

This means that unwanted messages won't 追加する to your total like count but will be 蓄える／店d in a 'Hidden Likes folder'.

From there, the messages can either be reviewed 個々に or 削除するd without ever 存在 opened.?

使用者s who are filtered out are not automatically 封鎖するd or 報告（する）／憶測d but you can chose to do so after reading their comments.??

To 始める，決める up your own 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） of hidden words 簡単に navigate to the Settings tab on the Hinge app.

Under 'Safety' select 'Hidden Words' to bring up your own 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） and 追加する any 条件 you would rather not hear about.??

Additionally, 使用者s will be able to 追加する to their Hidden Words 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） if 報告（する）／憶測ing messages as 不適切な.?

On X, Hinge 使用者s have welcomed the new feature, with one?commenter 令状ing: 'This new hidden words feature of Hinge is lifesaving.'

Another 追加するd: 'The new Hidden Words feature on Hinge is the best thing they've ever done.'?

While another said they were 'gutted this didn't 存在する 支援する when I used Hinge'.?

On social media, X users welcomed the new feature with some saying that this was finally 'a dating app feature I can get behind'

On social マスコミ, X 使用者s welcomed the new feature with some 説 that this was finally 'a dating app feature I can get behind'?

To add to your own list of blocked words navigate to Settings and select 'Hidden Words' under the safety settings

To 追加する to your own 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） of 封鎖するd words navigate to Settings and select 'Hidden Words' under the safety settings?

Some called the feature a 'lifesaving' and shared screenshots of the words they would like to stop hearing about

Some called the feature a 'lifesaving' and 株d screenshots of the words they would like to stop 審理，公聴会 about?

A few X 使用者s even 株d their own 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）s of hidden words, 申し込む／申し出ing a hint at what singletons on Hinge are sick of 審理，公聴会 about.

And it is bad news for lovers of a Sunday walk and a roast as these 条件 were 権利 at the 最高の，を越す of the 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） of hidden words for some.

Anyone talking about 'F1', 'Banter', 'Pizza', and even 'Clapham' might also see themselves 存在 filtered out by many with this new feature.?

地位，任命するing a screenshot of their hidden words, one commenter 株d 'the only way to use the hidden words feature' as they filtered out the 称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 'Pineapple on pizza'.??

Some Hinge users shared their feelings that words like 'Sunday roast', 'F1' and 'Banter' would be on their list of hidden words

Some Hinge 使用者s 株d their feelings that words like 'Sunday roast', 'F1' and 'Banter' would be on their 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） of hidden words??

Screenshots of users' Hidden Words lists offers a unique insight into the topics that Hinge users hear about all to often

Screenshots of 使用者s' Hidden Words 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）s 申し込む／申し出s a unique insight into the topics that Hinge 使用者s hear about all to often?

However, Hinge says that this new feature isn't just about 避けるing topics of conversation you find boring.?

Instead, the Hidden Words 選択 is designed to 'help detour a 消極的な interaction before it starts'.

研究 has 以前 示唆するd that online 乱用, 含むing on dating apps, is on the rise.?

A 2021 熟考する／考慮する from the Pew 研究 Centre 設立する that four in 10 Americans had received online いやがらせ.

The 問題／発行する is 特に 流布している for women who are more likely to receive 性の いやがらせ and for LGBTQ dating app 使用者s who are more likely to 直面する 乱用.?

In the 直面する of this rise, other dating apps have also taken 対策 to 削減（する） 負かす／撃墜する on unwanted interactions.

顕著に, Tinder has recently taken steps to 高める its 立証 手続きs to 割れ目 負かす／撃墜する on 'catfishing' and bots.??

One user even joked that 'the only way to use the hidden words feature' is to block any mention of 'Pineapple on pizza'

One 使用者 even joked that 'the only way to use the hidden words feature' is to 封鎖する any について言及する of 'Pineapple on pizza'?

While social media users joked about avoiding annoying terms, Hinge says that its new feature is designed to cut down on abuse and unwanted interactions

While social マスコミ 使用者s joked about 避けるing annoying 条件, Hinge says that its new feature is designed to 削減（する） 負かす／撃墜する on 乱用 and unwanted interactions?

Jeff Dunn, Hinge's 副／悪徳行為 大統領，／社長 of 信用 and safety, says: 'This feature is about giving daters the ability to define their 境界s, 高めるing their 信用／信任 in the 過程.?

'Our hope is that with Hidden Words, 使用者s will feel 安心させるd they can 調査する 可能性のある 関係s in a way that's most comfortable to them, 主要な to safer and more 満足させるing dating experiences.'

While Hinge （人命などを）奪う，主張するs that this is the first time a dating app has 申し込む／申し出d this feature, it is not the first company to 申し込む／申し出 selective filtering for its 使用者s.

Instagram first 許すd 使用者s to filter 不快な／攻撃 条件 out of 地位，任命するs in 2016 before 延長するing the 選択 to direct messages.

After Hinge made their 告示, Meta also 追加するd their own 'Hidden Words' feature to Threads, 許すing 使用者s to mute words, phrases, and emojis.?

This feature 適用するs to your 'に引き続いて' and 'For You' 料金d 同様に as your search results, replies, and profile searches.?

Additionally, Threads is 実験ing with 選択s to 支配（する）／統制する who can 引用する your 地位，任命する and give 使用者s the 選択 to 'de-引用する' their own 地位，任命するs.

Like Hinge, Meta （人命などを）奪う，主張するs these features are 目的（とする）d at 減ずるing the 量 of unwanted interactions.

HOW CAN YOU CHECK IF YOU ARE BEING CATFISHED?

Dating apps and online websites are 疫病／悩ますd with fraudulent profile s, known as 'catfishes'.

'Catfishing' 起こる／始まるd as a 称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 for the 過程 of 誘惑するing people into 誤った 関係s, however,?it has also come to encompass people giving out 誤った （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） about themselves more 一般に.?

These profiles often use images of another person to 許す 使用者s to pretend to be someone else ーするために get a date, or scam money from a lonelyheart.

Fortunately, there are 確かな ways to check if these profiles are real people or if they are 偽の accounts ―

1.?Google 逆転する image search

This is probably the most 価値のある 道具 for catching out a catfish and can be done 経由で Google.?

To kickstart the 過程, people need only 権利-click the photos that are 誘発するing their suspcions, copy the URL and paste it into?images.google.com.

The search engine will search to see if the image has been used どこかよそで.

If you find the picture associated with a different person to the one you're speaking to on your dating app, it's likely you've met a catfish!?

2. Use an app called Veracity?

It is useful for dating 場所／位置s such as Tinder, Bumble and Grindr as it 許すs images from Dropbox or Camera roll (or 類似の) to be cross-言及／関連d against any matching results.

負担 the app, then select a screenshot of the 怪しげな dating app profile from your camera roll to 開始する，打ち上げる the search.

The app will tell you if the picture belongs to somebody else.?

3. Check their Facebook?

Almost everyone who has a profile on a dating 場所／位置 will have a Facebook account (most dating apps 要求する 使用者s to have one, after all!) so it is always advisable to 跡をつける 負かす／撃墜する your 可能性のある suitor on other forms of social マスコミ.

4. Google them

Google and other search engines have an 広範囲にわたる repertoire and most people will 刈る up in a search.?

In this day and age, it’s unusual for someone to have nothing on Google.

Have a search through for them or their 親族s, things they’ve said or 地位，任命するd in the past. If there’s nothing, that should raise alarm bells.

5. Skype/Facetime/ビデオ 雑談（する）?

For 見込みのある romantic 約束／交戦s, seeing the 直面する of someone you are 事実上 talking to is 必須の.?

6.? Money

Anyone that asks for money online or 経由で an app is likely to be a 詐欺.?

This is probably a scam and should 供給する 即座の red 旗s.???

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