A quick view on how the other side use Hinge from a man's perspective

DISCLAIMER: I understand it is only a sample size of one in one encounter, and it is in no way a representative of how women use Hinge overall.

Context: The other day, I was introduced to a friend of a friend, and the topic of dating in our city came up in the conversation. We realized a few of us are using Hinge and shared how our experience is with the app and online dating in general.

She is in her late 20's, and is looking to find a long term partner.

A few things I found interesting. Over the course of the hour we talked, she had a stream of incoming likes. Now, I don't know how long she has been on Hinge or what her preferences are, but whenever she opened the app (a couple times), there were a 2 or 3 new likes.

The first time she opened the app next to me, she had about a couple dozen likes outstanding. She matches with her likes based on looks and didn't take the time to examine each profile. She looks at the photos, and makes a decision in about 5 to 10 seconds to like or X. After matching, she doesn't begin the conversation, and leaves it up to the guy to follow through.

There were a couple times when she DID look closely at a profile after matching, and realized a prompt or vital was a dealbreaker, she unmatched right there and then.

What I gleaned from that is that for her at least, matching is just another step, and she doesn't take it seriously as most guys do.

Conclusion: Perhaps this will help give some insights into common questions here such as "why do they don't respond after matching?", "why did this person unmatch?", or "why do they ghost?"

Some guys here treat every single match very seriously, because of the rarity of a match. But to this woman (and likely many others), she gets so much attention that matches are only the next step in the filtering process. I speculate that depending on what the guy says, she'll make further decisions to whether to continue or not.