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Raised as a usability problem by 35 people on Hacker News over 12 years (2015–2026), in 30 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
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Every issue, all time, most people first
Dark patterns push users into paying and keep them engagedUnreviewed
20152026- Paid boosts and super likes hide whether likes are seen, pushing users to pay2024-08-11
- Apps are loaded with dark patterns that push users into choices they did not pick2023-10-24
- Uses dark patterns that push users into paying or doing things they did not choose2023-03-01
Distant profiles shown despite worldwide setting off, many spam matchesUnreviewed
20152026- Dating app swarmed with scammers, forcing users to filter to photo-verified profiles2023-08-30
- Users are shown mismatched profiles they cannot filter out, like religious matches2022-11-20
- Shown distant profiles despite disabling worldwide setting, many fake or spam matches2022-10-03
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 36 complaints
- Men get frustrated by huge swipe queues and low response rates, pushing them to pay2026-10-02
- Swipe left/right interface is hard to use for finding people2024-10-31
- Paid boosts and super likes hide whether likes are seen, pushing users to pay2024-08-11
- Apps are loaded with dark patterns that push users into choices they did not pick2023-10-24
- Dating app swarmed with scammers, forcing users to filter to photo-verified profiles2023-08-30
- Constant fake and spammy notices push users toward paid features2023-08-21
- Matches are throttled and drip-fed so users are pushed to pay for who liked them2023-08-07
- Paid features and stack behavior pressure users to spend money and ignore their settings2023-04-06
- Uses dark patterns that push users into paying or doing things they did not choose2023-03-01
- Too many conversations and too much attention required to use it2022-11-20
- Users are shown mismatched profiles they cannot filter out, like religious matches2022-11-20
- Shown distant profiles despite disabling worldwide setting, many fake or spam matches2022-10-03
- Reported profiles keep reappearing instead of being blocked, so reporting them repeatedly is needed2022-09-12
- Canned support replies repeat the same answer and never resolve the card or membership problem2022-07-28
- Pushes users into purchases through dark patterns and intrusive modals2022-02-27
- Subscribers get no clear in-app way to find cancellation instructions2021-12-23
- Dark patterns push users into paying and keep them engaged2021-12-23
- Support emails only return a ban notice with no clear reason; contacting support gets you banned2021-12-22
- Important ban explanation is faded, small, and hidden so users miss it2021-12-22
- Account stuck in unusable state; app barely works due to bugs2021-12-22
- Notifications announce likes that free users can't view without paying2021-10-30
- Endless swipe carousel is designed to keep users on the app2021-08-17
- Delete profile button hidden below whitespace, past the default viewport, so users miss it2021-08-04
- Shows profiles of defunct accounts that the user knows are inactive2021-06-11
- Coin balance hidden and buy button looks like Spotlight, deducting coins by mistake2020-02-25
- Predatory dark patterns push users into paying repeatedly2020-02-25
- Repeatedly hit with likes-limit paywall and waits, even after a notification about a match2019-09-26
- Likes are withheld and shown later to push users into paid subscriptions2019-09-26
- Account deletion button is conveniently placed, making it hard to find or use deliberately2019-08-24
- Makes it annoying to view profiles and send high quality messages2018-09-01
- Cannot update their profile, and support replies are unclear and unhelpful2018-05-09
- Interface is lousy for selecting quality matches for dating2018-04-30
- Cancelling the Wi-Fi scanning prompt reopens it, so the app cannot be used2016-12-06
- Offers only shallow, difficult tools for judging compatibility beyond attraction2016-04-11
- Swiping right in Quickmatch counts as a like on profile, so interest is visible2015-08-28
- Men and women use it so differently that one UI may not suit both2015-02-10