Critique my Tinder Profile
So I'd say I've swiped right on about 1000 profiles with a right swipe rate of around 60%. I've received about 12 matches, a few of whom are only on Tinder for friendships. Most of my other matches don't reply.
That being said, I revamped my profile a few days ago, and I thought I'd done a reasonable job, but after 300 right swipes, I only matched with one person who is looking for friends. Even though it's relatively soon after my profile revamp, I'm getting the feeling that I'm not going to be any more successful on Tinder, which is kinda disappointing. Maybe I'm jumping the gun and reading too much into my lacking success after just three days, I don't know.
Anyways, down below is what my tinder profile looked like before compared to what it looks like now.
I'd say the pictures I used here were pretty bland and lacking in variety. They're not very telling as to who I am and what I'm about.
I'd say my bio is a bit long-winded and cumbersome here too, which is a route I could probably have kept with if I wanted to, but I think using photos that say more and a bio that says less is probably the best way to play it. Then again, I'm not particularly having much success, so I could very well be wrong.
So here's my updated profile. The main picture is by far the most recent, taken on Saturday night. I thought the second and fourth pictures were a nice touch. The third picture is me with a relatively well-known Youtuber, so I thought it would be advantageous to include it. The outfit I'm wearing in it also shows my more quirky side. The fifth photo grants me the opportunity to show off the fact that I play guitar, whilst also showing that I have a social life (the third picture does this too).
I condensed my bio down to more of a summary, which I think works better. I also included at the end of my bio that I prefer cats to dogs, in hopes of having that resonate with other people who like cats and strengthen my chance of a right swipe from them.
In future, I would like to get a better guitar picture, take a picture with my cat and use a better picture with other people.
Do you have any recommendations or feedback to give me on my Tinder profile? All constructive input is appreciated.
Yeah, have pics to indicate information about you.
Mine are one of me, one with family, one of the Australian Indigenous flag to say I'm an Indigenous Australian, and a screenshot of one of my music projects on FL Studio, my program for making electronic music.
I'd still describe your interests in the description to give people something to go from. Females might not initiate but one interested enough will preferably need to know more about you.
'Quirky guy just living life' sounds quite generic. It's like saying 'I'm a nice guy, and want just a normal nice girl who I can care about.' which is definitely a no-go.
Since we're at it can you give me feedback on my own description?
Mine is basically:
"Interests: electronic music (listening to and making), acting, writing, psychology, philsophy, sports (parkour, basketball).
Ambitious guy, laidback, joker-type guy. New to this. "
It's all I could think of really. Most people require brief descriptions or else it's TL;DR.
Your updated pics are okay, but maybe could be better. A smiling main profile is good. But the other one of you not really smiling isn't tbh.
The bottom right one, is that supposed to indicate you're thinking thoughtfully in that one? If so that one's fine.
Thanks for the reply
Mine are one of me, one with family, one of the Australian Indigenous flag to say I'm an Indigenous Australian, and a screenshot of one of my music projects on FL Studio, my program for making electronic music.
I'd still describe your interests in the description to give people something to go from. Females might not initiate but one interested enough will preferably need to know more about you.
You raise a good point. Just like I included my fondness for cats, I'd do well to include other things I like and interests I have that people might resonate with. That's definitely something I'll think about.
I do see where you're coming from, and I'll probably get rid of that bit. To be fair though, I do think 'navigating his way through life' is volumes better than 'just living life', which I would consider much more boring. Nonetheless, it's not really necessary to include either, so I shall make appropriate edits there too.
Mine is basically:
"Interests: electronic music (listening to and making), acting, writing, psychology, philsophy, sports (parkour, basketball).
Ambitious guy, laidback, joker-type guy. New to this.

Your description is to-the-point and paints a picture of who you are and what you're about. It's pretty good.
If I had to be nit-picky though, I would say you've included some unnecessary words. I personally don't think you need to put 'interests:' at the start of your interests - I think people will get the idea by reading on. Similarly, I don't think you need the brackets after 'electronic music'. Again, I think people will get it. And I would get rid of 'sports', and just add basketball and parkour to your list in the same format as your other interests. Of course, that's just me, and I don't have much of a proven success rate.
Your last sentence bothers me a little bit because you've used the word 'guy' twice, where you really don't need it in conjunction with 'ambitious'. I also don't really know what the point is of announcing that you're new, and I personally wouldn't go with the

The content you've included in your bio is pretty solid, and that's the most important thing. You probably don't need to implement any of my suggestions, but since you asked, I thought I'd tell you what I'd do.
This is true.
I'm a bit confused as to what you mean here. Do you mean that my main photo is good but my second photo isn't? Or do you mean my main photo isn't good?
It wasn't originally taken with that intent, but seeing as that's what it seems to depict, that's what I use it for.
The big pics are crap.
You're not facing the "onlooker" and overall seem unconfident in them.
In the black-and-white one you're looking away like you're not paying attention, like you're not interested at all and busy with other thoughts, very uninviting facial expression as well. In the other one you have an awkward body angle and you're not even facing the camera.
Look at the camera.
A little bit more smile/happy would certainly make you look more approachable.
Especially in black-and-white pic you look kinda tense, loosen up for pics, but mind the posture.
Other pics are acceptable though.
And text, well, you know you can still do better. It's never a bad idea to describe briefly why/how you are witty, creative or whatever.
19 years old, what in the flying firetruck?! You look older for your age man, must be the facial hair.
You should lie and say you're 23, you can attract some 22 year old cougars rawr. Then when you invite the girl over for "netflix and chill" just hit it for one time one night so she will never know your true age. Tinder is 50% validation seekers and only 1 in 10 girls are dtf (down to fluck), it's just learning how to attract the dtf girls.
Ever heard the dating tactic called peacocking? It's tricking girls to believe you have more status and popularity than you actually have for the purpose of getting laid since women are attracted to "status". For instance wearing a nice suit when you're actually pretty poor. Acting richer and high class than you really are, having a lot of your Tinder pictures posing with friends. And acting much more confident and manly than you actually are.
It's so brilliant it might actually work!
Perhaps the greatest example of peacocking in the history of mankind, this 7 ft tall guy pretended he was an NBA prospect by going to the nba draft and pretended like he got drafted and he went to the club and got all kinds of ass. All kinds. Just because they thought he got drafted.
That being said, I revamped my profile a few days ago, and I thought I'd done a reasonable job, but after 300 right swipes, I only matched with one person who is looking for friends. Even though it's relatively soon after my profile revamp, I'm getting the feeling that I'm not going to be any more successful on Tinder, which is kinda disappointing. Maybe I'm jumping the gun and reading too much into my lacking success after just three days, I don't know.
Anyways, down below is what my tinder profile looked like before compared to what it looks like now.

I'd say the pictures I used here were pretty bland and lacking in variety. They're not very telling as to who I am and what I'm about.
I'd say my bio is a bit long-winded and cumbersome here too, which is a route I could probably have kept with if I wanted to, but I think using photos that say more and a bio that says less is probably the best way to play it. Then again, I'm not particularly having much success, so I could very well be wrong.

So here's my updated profile. The main picture is by far the most recent, taken on Saturday night. I thought the second and fourth pictures were a nice touch. The third picture is me with a relatively well-known Youtuber, so I thought it would be advantageous to include it. The outfit I'm wearing in it also shows my more quirky side. The fifth photo grants me the opportunity to show off the fact that I play guitar, whilst also showing that I have a social life (the third picture does this too).
I condensed my bio down to more of a summary, which I think works better. I also included at the end of my bio that I prefer cats to dogs, in hopes of having that resonate with other people who like cats and strengthen my chance of a right swipe from them.
In future, I would like to get a better guitar picture, take a picture with my cat and use a better picture with other people.
Do you have any recommendations or feedback to give me on my Tinder profile? All constructive input is appreciated.
You totally look like a Hipster. And that's not meant to be an insult nor a compiment but a statement of fact. Where do you live?
I would remove the last sentence.
Get rid of the picture of you acting crazy with the fake guitar, the one where you're wearing the pink hat with your sister, and the picture showing the side of your face. Oh yeah ditch the mirror selfie, girls don't like mirror selfies either. That's 4 pictures to get rid of. You don't show your humor by wearing wacky clothes in your photos, you show your humor in your bio and in your messages to her.
You honestly need only 3 pictures. The one where you're looking off into the distance should be your profile picture. The next should be you with a group of friends, don't include your mom your sister or any girls in this one. And finally, one where you're doing an activity of some sort such as playing an instrument or one with your pet is perfectly fine.
Because you want girls to think you have a social life because you're hanging out with your bros.
What I also recommend is going to your profile setting and switching it to where you're also interested in guys. Not because you're interested in guys but because this allows you to see other men's profiles and see their photos and bio so you can get some ideas for your profile. Just swipe no to every single guy so you won't match with anyone then that would be awkward if you're not actually gay.
You're not facing the "onlooker" and overall seem unconfident in them.
In the black-and-white one you're looking away like you're not paying attention, like you're not interested at all and busy with other thoughts, very uninviting facial expression as well. In the other one you have an awkward body angle and you're not even facing the camera.
Look at the camera.
A little bit more smile/happy would certainly make you look more approachable.
Especially in black-and-white pic you look kinda tense, loosen up for pics, but mind the posture.
Other pics are acceptable though.
And text, well, you know you can still do better. It's never a bad idea to describe briefly why/how you are witty, creative or whatever.
Mmm, I see what you're saying about those pictures. I never really gave much thought to the 'on-looker pose', but now that you mention it, a photo of that nature would probably be the most advantageous to include as my main picture.
I will upgrade my bio in the near future to be less vague about my interests.
I would remove the last sentence.
I guess with a beard like mine, I'm bound to come off as a hipster so long as this hipster beard trend continues. I wouldn't say I'm a hipster, but I don't mind being cast as one. I live in Brisbane, Australia.
And yeah, I'm probably going to scrap my current bio and concoct a new one.
Ehhh, I like my beard. I do trim it/get it trimmed, but I assume you mean to a shorter length, and I neither have any interest in nor see the value of doing that.
I get the mindset you're coming from. You probably figure that a clean shaven face or shorter beard will bar off less girls than a bigger beard, and I completely understand that, but the beard is part of my identity. To get rid of it would be to get rid of a part of myself, and seeing as I don't think my beard is going to have any great hindrance on my dating life (there are plenty of girls out there who like beards like mine), it just doesn't make sense for me to shave/trim it shorter.
Maybe one day, I'll feel like it's time to trim it down, but even if that happens, I'd imagine that would be temporary, and I would probably harbour regrets after doing so. It's not that I'm not 'listening' to you. It's that I don't see enough value in that specific suggestion to execute it.
You honestly need only 3 pictures. The one where you're looking off into the distance should be your profile picture. The next should be you with a group of friends, don't include your mom your sister or any girls in this one. And finally, one where you're doing an activity of some sort such as playing an instrument or one with your pet is perfectly fine.
Because you want girls to think you have a social life because you're hanging out with your bros.
What I also recommend is going to your profile setting and switching it to where you're also interested in guys. Not because you're interested in guys but because this allows you to see other men's profiles and see their photos and bio so you can get some ideas for your profile. Just swipe no to every single guy so you won't match with anyone then that would be awkward if you're not actually gay.
I'm actually not sure if you're pulling the piss right now, or if you're actually visually impaired

The guitar in the picture is real, though I acknowledge it's not a particularly flattering photo.
The person standing next to me in the picture where I'm wearing the silly red hat is Adrian Van Oyen - A reasonably well-known Australian Youtuber - and obviously a guy.
I will grant you that the picture is a bit small here, and I can see how you might mistakenly derive at that conclusion, with the colour clothing he's wearing and whatnot, but on the actual Tinder app itself, it's pretty easy to see that he's a guy. Still, I could probably do better in terms of that picture.
I wouldn't use the photo where I'm looking off into the distance as my main photo, purely because it's outdated, and my hair/beard don't look like they did in that photo anymore. I don't see a problem with including it in my entourage of photos, but I don't think it would be a good idea to use it as my main picture.
I could probably get a better group pic, wherein I'm actually hanging out with more than one person. That would probably work better too.
Thanks everyone for the tips. I shall take them into consideration and hopefully see them come to fruition in the near future.
Yeah definitely don't include a picture of you and your mom in your tinder profile.
LMAO I wouldn't. I know that's a pretty bad play most of the time.

As you can see, despite the tuna-coloured shirt he's wearing, he's clearly a guy.
About beard, I understand you as well. I used to have long hair and it was part of my identity too, then I cut my head bald and I changed. I definitely understand that identity part.
And it goes even further, as you're looking for someone long-term, you want her to appreciate a you that is close to your true self, maybe a little enhanced but nothing completely out of character.
I still think that the beard in big pics is a bit overkill though.
And it goes even further, as you're looking for someone long-term, you want her to appreciate a you that is close to your true self, maybe a little enhanced but nothing completely out of character.
I still think that the beard in big pics is a bit overkill though.

Mmm, the beard isn't everybody's preference, and I understand that, but I'm hoping to snag a girl that is into beards, because clearly there'll be more compatibility there. I'm happy with the length I've achieved for now though, so I'm not intending to let it grow much longer for the time being, if that's any consolation.
Get rid of the bathroom selfie pic. Rookie mistake. . .
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