Hinge is DOWN: Dating app crashes for unlucky singletons across the UK 

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Hinge is DOWN: Dating app crashes for unhappy single people in UK

  • According to Down Detector, the problems started around noon
  • The outage affects users across the country
  • Of those who reported problems, 99 percent said they struggled with the app

By Shivali Best for Mailonline

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It’s the go-to dating app for many singletons, but it seems Hinge is having some trouble this afternoon.

According to Down Detector, the problems started around noon and are affecting users across the country.

While the reason for the outage remains unclear, 99 percent of those who reported problems said they struggled with the app, while the remaining 1 percent said they had trouble logging in.

One user posted a screenshot of the error message in the app, which read: “We’ll be right back. Something went wrong and we’re working on retrieving fixes. Come back soon!’

MailOnline has contacted Hinge for comment.

It’s the go-to dating app for many singletons, but it seems Hinge is having some trouble this afternoon

According to Down Detector, the problems started around noon and are affecting users across the country

According to Down Detector, the problems started around noon and are affecting users across the country

One user posted a screenshot of the error message in the app, which read:

One user posted a screenshot of the error message in the app, which read: “We’ll be right back. Something went wrong and we’re working on retrieving fixes. Come back soon!’

Several frustrated users have taken to Twitter to discuss the outage.

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One user wrote, “Finishing plans for a date tonight, so of course Hinge is going down.”

Another added, “Having the hinge down really messed up my morning routine.”

And one joked, “I take full responsibility for Hinge going down.

“I shouldn’t have posted that shirtless photo. Crashed the whole system.’

First launched in 2012, Hinge describes itself as the “dating app designed to be deleted.”

Hinge was built on the belief that anyone looking for love should be able to find it.

“We were born out of a desire to fundamentally change the way dating apps work in our culture today,” it explains.

“We saw a world where many users were burned out by the speed of most dating apps. They spent hours on their phones and had little to show for it.

“People were so busy matching that they weren’t really connecting in person, where it counts.

“That’s why we built an app that’s designed to be deleted: built specifically to get people off their phones and going on dates.”

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Several frustrated users have taken to Twitter to discuss the outage. Someone wrote: 'The hinge that was down really ruined my morning routine'

Several frustrated users have taken to Twitter to discuss the outage. Someone wrote: ‘The hinge that was down really ruined my morning routine’

HOW DID ONLINE DATING BECOME SO POPULAR?

The very first incarnation of a dating app can be traced back to 1995 when Match.com first launched.

The website allowed single people to upload a profile and a photo and chat with people online.

The app was designed to help people looking for long-term relationships meet each other.

eHarmony was developed in 2000 and two years later Ashley Madison, a site dedicated to infidelity and cheating, was first launched.

Over the next 10-15 years, a plethora of other dating sites targeting a unique demographic were established, including: OKCupid (2004), Plenty of Fish (2006), Grindr (2009), and Happn (2013).

Launched in 2012, Tinder was the first swipe-based dating platform.

After the initial launch, usage skyrocketed and by March 2014, there were one billion matches per day worldwide.

In 2014, Tinder co-founder Whitney Wolfe Herd launched Bumble, a dating app that empowered women by letting only women send the first message.

The popularity of mobile dating apps such as Tinder, Badoo and more recently Bumble is due to a growing number of younger users with busy schedules.

In the 1990s, there was a stigma attached to online dating, as it was considered a last ditch effort to find love.

This belief has disappeared and now about a third of marriages are between couples who met online.

A 2014 study found that 84 percent of dating app users used online dating services to look for a romantic relationship.

Twenty-four percent stated that they used online dating apps explicitly for sexual encounters.

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