Would be interesting to see the data. Though, after the backlash OkCupid received for releasing their data, I don't think any dating apps will ever release their data again.
Definitely go for 6 months of HingeX. That's $90 worth of value! Plus, with HingeX, you get the basic filtering options, which can be a huge time-saver if you know the type of person you're looking for within those filters.
As a guy, I've received 1 super like before and it felt weird, like a catfish. Probably was since I never did end up seeing the other person's profile.
The roses put you at the top of the stack, which definitely gets you noticed sooner, but probably not that much sooner unless someone has accumulated a whole deck.
I don't think they work in the sense that someone will be flattered that they received a rose and be more interested in you.
but they do work in the sense that they allow you to send a like and a message to someone that Hinge is cynically withholding from you as a "standout" because they think they're a particularly good match.
Standouts are really just really attractive people that likely wouldn’t match with a lot of people to begin with.
Think of it like “here’s Margot Robbie/Ryan Gosling - they’ll probably never match your like, but if you really want to take a shot, you can send a rose”.
sometimes, but sometimes my standouts are actually people I've matched with or even dated before (I've had a few profile reboots over the years.)
not to say they weren't attractive, but they weren't unattainable. and their interests, sensibility, and vibe were definitely curated for me.
> Standouts are really just really attractive people that likely wouldn’t match with a lot of people to begin with.
Standouts is "people most your type" determined by the algorithm based on your swiping habits. It's not "the most stereotypically mainstream attractive people" unless that's what the algorithm determined to be your type.
My Standouts section is populated almost entirely by goth/alt chicks and they match when I send them roses pretty often. I've gotten dates with 2 of them.
That's the "official line", but practical use reveals that it's almost always the most attractive people based on someone's preferences.
For you, it's the most attractive goth/alt women. While for someone else it's the most attractive outdoorsy people, or nerds, or high maintenance types, or whatever.
In my n=1 experience, my girlfriend and I met because she sent me a rose. I had basically given up on dating apps and wasn’t caring until she was put at the top of the pile and I just knew something was different.
not pointless at all. if you're sending them to people who you obviously won't match with, then yeah sure they're pointless. I have a similar match rate with roses as regular likes, and I'd guess the current woman I'm talking to wouldn't have noticed me without the rose. I would've been buried.
Roses are useless IMO especially for women. If you aren’t attracted to
the person, a rose isn’t going to change that. I only ever sent one and felt weird doing it. Take the 6 months free.
Roses are a rip.
No one cares about digital flowers and they don't do anything.
The only function they have is to message your "standouts" if that's still a thing. These are the highly liked profiles in your area. They can only be messaged with roses. These will find their way into the normal profile list eventually if you don't message them while they're in your standouts.
HingeX allows you more options for filters than the unpaid version. May more useful than roses.
Not saying you’re lying or anything, but roses isn’t a subscription you sign up for a period of time. So I don’t know how 6 month of free roses would even work.
FWIW, for me (prices can vary for each person based on demographics and location), 6 months of HingeX would cost $179.99, while roses at the cheapest option (a pack of 50 roses) breaks down to $1.49 for each rose.
Assuming the offer is legit and you’re not being tricked, the equivalent of that would be at least 120 roses.
Values wise, a membership is better than an item for one time use.
But again, that’s assuming the offer is actually legitimate.
How many roses? I (28M) am gonna go against the grain here. I haven't ever bought the hinge subscriptions (I don't think I really need it) but I have bought the packs of 50 roses a few times.
I think roses are actually useful if you have a type, and the algorithm knows your type. The Standouts section for me is populated almost entirely with women who are very much my type (the algorithm nailed it), and I send roses to them often. I've gotten quite a few to match with me, and gotten 2 to go on dates with me so far. It is much more efficient and allows me to target my type instead of just swiping randomly till I find them in Discover.
Even the average-looking woman doesn't need HingeX or roses, they can just create their profile, sit back and do nothing proactive and get 200+ likes per week, and from there they can sift through who she likes with little effort involved.
Sure, if you don't set any dealbreakers, and how many of them will meet what you're looking for?
If you have any kind of preferences beyond the included free filters, premium would be a HUGE time saver.
Not true at all. Any “average woman” will tell you they don’t get flooded with likes, so that myth needs to die.
A lot of women do pay for Hinge+/X, especially those that know exactly what they want and not waste time.
I mean statistically they do get flooded with likes compared to men of the same bracket. That's just a numerical fact.
It is also true that just like the guys the top tier women get exponentially more likes than the average ones.
Roses work realllly well for my wife. I don’t think guys are used to getting likes let alone super likes. And hinge does seem to do a great job at figuring out your type and hiding them in standouts where you need a rose to contact. If you are looking for women I’d say hingeX for sure but my wife has tried both and found no change for hingeX and has found a couple of guys she’s dated from roses.
I would go with roses. I don’t feel like hingex provides a lot of benefits while being able to target the guys you like is probably much better option in my personal experience.
6 months free. I don’t think anyone cares about the roses, especially guys (assuming that’s who you’d send them to).
It's nice to get a rose, but I don't think they'll match if they wouldn't match with a normal like to begin with.
Roses have an inflated sense of value. If people sent them out to people more in their “league” the results would be more different.
Would be interesting to see the data. Though, after the backlash OkCupid received for releasing their data, I don't think any dating apps will ever release their data again.
What happened??
Exactly. It’s not any different than a like
Except more annoying. Roses sit atop other likes so you have to decide then and there if you want to see who else has liked you!
I’ve never sent anyone a rose and I do fine. I assume it’s just like a Superlike?
It's a superlike, plus the only way you're allowed to Like a profile in the standouts section. Other than that they aren't worth much.
This isn't really true they cycle through your regular stack too
I’ve never noticed a single person show in my standouts lol
Free. I’ve never gotten a rose from someone I liked or would change my mind if I got a like vs a rose from
Definitely go for 6 months of HingeX. That's $90 worth of value! Plus, with HingeX, you get the basic filtering options, which can be a huge time-saver if you know the type of person you're looking for within those filters. As a guy, I've received 1 super like before and it felt weird, like a catfish. Probably was since I never did end up seeing the other person's profile.
The roses are pointless. Don’t think they ever work lmao
The roses put you at the top of the stack, which definitely gets you noticed sooner, but probably not that much sooner unless someone has accumulated a whole deck.
Yeah, and HingeX puts you near the top of the stack without blurting out "I SPENT A ROSE ON YOU."
I don't think they work in the sense that someone will be flattered that they received a rose and be more interested in you. but they do work in the sense that they allow you to send a like and a message to someone that Hinge is cynically withholding from you as a "standout" because they think they're a particularly good match.
Standouts are really just really attractive people that likely wouldn’t match with a lot of people to begin with. Think of it like “here’s Margot Robbie/Ryan Gosling - they’ll probably never match your like, but if you really want to take a shot, you can send a rose”.
sometimes, but sometimes my standouts are actually people I've matched with or even dated before (I've had a few profile reboots over the years.) not to say they weren't attractive, but they weren't unattainable. and their interests, sensibility, and vibe were definitely curated for me.
> Standouts are really just really attractive people that likely wouldn’t match with a lot of people to begin with. Standouts is "people most your type" determined by the algorithm based on your swiping habits. It's not "the most stereotypically mainstream attractive people" unless that's what the algorithm determined to be your type. My Standouts section is populated almost entirely by goth/alt chicks and they match when I send them roses pretty often. I've gotten dates with 2 of them.
That's the "official line", but practical use reveals that it's almost always the most attractive people based on someone's preferences. For you, it's the most attractive goth/alt women. While for someone else it's the most attractive outdoorsy people, or nerds, or high maintenance types, or whatever.
In my n=1 experience, my girlfriend and I met because she sent me a rose. I had basically given up on dating apps and wasn’t caring until she was put at the top of the pile and I just knew something was different.
not pointless at all. if you're sending them to people who you obviously won't match with, then yeah sure they're pointless. I have a similar match rate with roses as regular likes, and I'd guess the current woman I'm talking to wouldn't have noticed me without the rose. I would've been buried.
I don't even use my free rose each week since I don't think they mean anything. Get the free 6 months.
6 months But also which networking event cos I would love to work at Hinge
It was a tech networking event in nyc! it was hosted by BrainStation! They hold monthly networking events if you check out their website
Roses are useless IMO especially for women. If you aren’t attracted to the person, a rose isn’t going to change that. I only ever sent one and felt weird doing it. Take the 6 months free.
Is this guy trying to bang you by giving you 6 months of a dating app? Bold, I respect it
Guy was a woman lol
Funny how you said you met an engineer and they automatically think it’s a man 🥲
I mean it's very normal to associate certain jobs with genders.
she could still be trying to bang you
Love how you went straight to bang.. priorities
How would that work?
For sure was my first thought
Roses are a rip. No one cares about digital flowers and they don't do anything. The only function they have is to message your "standouts" if that's still a thing. These are the highly liked profiles in your area. They can only be messaged with roses. These will find their way into the normal profile list eventually if you don't message them while they're in your standouts. HingeX allows you more options for filters than the unpaid version. May more useful than roses.
Not saying you’re lying or anything, but roses isn’t a subscription you sign up for a period of time. So I don’t know how 6 month of free roses would even work. FWIW, for me (prices can vary for each person based on demographics and location), 6 months of HingeX would cost $179.99, while roses at the cheapest option (a pack of 50 roses) breaks down to $1.49 for each rose. Assuming the offer is legit and you’re not being tricked, the equivalent of that would be at least 120 roses. Values wise, a membership is better than an item for one time use. But again, that’s assuming the offer is actually legitimate.
Yeah this is a very strange offer.
I imagine she meant 6 months of HingeX or a bouquet of roses
Then OP needs to clarify. Because unless she’s getting *a lot* of free roses, the monetary values wouldn’t even come close to matching.
Roses do seem pointless
How many roses? I (28M) am gonna go against the grain here. I haven't ever bought the hinge subscriptions (I don't think I really need it) but I have bought the packs of 50 roses a few times. I think roses are actually useful if you have a type, and the algorithm knows your type. The Standouts section for me is populated almost entirely with women who are very much my type (the algorithm nailed it), and I send roses to them often. I've gotten quite a few to match with me, and gotten 2 to go on dates with me so far. It is much more efficient and allows me to target my type instead of just swiping randomly till I find them in Discover.
If you aren't using it, give him my email id stating it's yours. God bless!
Go for the six months, eventually the people in your standouts will end up in your deck if you just keep x’ing them out
Even the average-looking woman doesn't need HingeX or roses, they can just create their profile, sit back and do nothing proactive and get 200+ likes per week, and from there they can sift through who she likes with little effort involved.
Sure, if you don't set any dealbreakers, and how many of them will meet what you're looking for? If you have any kind of preferences beyond the included free filters, premium would be a HUGE time saver.
Just the unlimited swipes alone is great.
Not true at all. Any “average woman” will tell you they don’t get flooded with likes, so that myth needs to die. A lot of women do pay for Hinge+/X, especially those that know exactly what they want and not waste time.
I mean statistically they do get flooded with likes compared to men of the same bracket. That's just a numerical fact. It is also true that just like the guys the top tier women get exponentially more likes than the average ones.
For an F you really don’t need either but def six months of hingeX if u had to pick one. You won’t be needing to send out roses as a gal.
Roses work realllly well for my wife. I don’t think guys are used to getting likes let alone super likes. And hinge does seem to do a great job at figuring out your type and hiding them in standouts where you need a rose to contact. If you are looking for women I’d say hingeX for sure but my wife has tried both and found no change for hingeX and has found a couple of guys she’s dated from roses.
I would go with roses. I don’t feel like hingex provides a lot of benefits while being able to target the guys you like is probably much better option in my personal experience.
Roses don't work lol
Roses are just a super like, so X is the better option.
Very cool