A new app for your smartphone is promising to succeed where many other apps have failed, the dating scene; and it all hinges on your friends.
“Hinge” says it’s about meeting new people through friends. Other apps like Tinder are more random, while Hinge says it will use your friends to help you meet the new person for your life. Hinge said a survey it conducted just before launch in Miami confirmed its approach.
“It turns out that almost everyone who responded to the survey in Miami said they prefer to meet new people through friends,” said Karen Fein of Hinge.
Hinge says the potential connections are from extended social circles and that users can also browse Facebook-validated profiles, photos, and full names. Still, the usage of friends had at least one person NBC 6 spoke to a little nervous.
“It might create some awkwardness with your friends, and saying like, ‘Hey, your friends just trying to get with me,’” said Mikaela Morton. “I would be uncomfortable if that happened to me with one of my friends.”
So if you’re looking to meet people in Miami, what does Hinge say is the best way? The app’s makers said the survey showed a few stereotypes hold true: having a swimsuit body helps, so does being bilingual, and if you like clubbing, you’re in the right place.
All of it might just be enough to help win over some users in South Florida.
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“It’s a good idea,” said Morton. “I mean, I don’t know how successful it’ll be in creating something long-term, but it’s exciting.”
