JakeRS011
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- Jun 30, 2023
At first I just wanted to ask a question about Tinder's passport option, but since everyone posts photos here, I might do that as well.
First the passport thing which is bothering me, does it affect your profile's score or is it just me?
I am from the Balkans and I don't really get a lot of likes here, I always use the passport option with the max 160km/100 mile radius (since it eliminates the distance settings the girls have and shows you to everyone in the radius) and despite the radius covering millions of people, I get only 2, 3 swipes per week on average, even if I swipe hundreds of profiles myself.
If however I set the passport to Russia, Ukraine, Belarus,etc (the current events had no impact), I can get 20, 30 or even more likes per just one single 30 minute boost or over a hundred with a few boosts used. Even if I don't use a boost, I can still get several likes every day without swiping or 5+ per day if I do swipe. Not just in a megacity like Moscow, but in smaller sub million cities and towns as well. The girls that swipe me are also generally good looking, educated and diverse, there are stereotypical Dubai girls as well, but not that many, since I am from a poor country and there's nothing rich looking about me.
Lastly, if I set the passport to mediterranean countries like Spain, Italy or Greece, I can use up 5 boosts without a single like, which is pretty depressing, same thing for Germany and various western European countries. I realize different countries have different standards, but from having 5+ likes per day without doing anything in one country to wasting boost after boost after boost after boost without a single like in another, jesus...
Not only that, but since my country is somewhere in the "middle ground", I noticed I get more likes after swiping in Russia and almost no likes after swiping in Spain or Greece, which led me to think that my profile score gets drastically destroyed or improved after every boost I use in these places. Also, if I use a boost in Greece and get nothing, when I'm running a boost in Russia, I'll get no likes for some 10, 20 minutes (or it will be the absolutely least attractive profiles), but as time goes by, I'll get better and better profiles swiping me. I don't know if it's just me, but now I always waste a boost in Russia (or Mexico or Phillipines, which also work) to improve my score and it has a noticeable effect on the people that swipe me in my country.
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As for the photos, I'm saving up for a mirrorless camera, but until then here's what I have, these 3, plus a loop of me playing with the dog. I used to have a mirrorless before, but I lost my job at the time and had to sell it.
Since I'm very skinny (due to 20 years of drinking cola, eating little and having little nutrients), I don't have any body shots or I use clothes to balance it out for the time being, I stopped drinking cola, but I'm still struggling to reach enough calories and gain weight, so I'm working on it, but that's for another topic.
Another problem is that I have absolutely no idea what facial expression fits me, smiling kinda seems posed and forced, but being too neutral also seems awkward.
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First the passport thing which is bothering me, does it affect your profile's score or is it just me?
I am from the Balkans and I don't really get a lot of likes here, I always use the passport option with the max 160km/100 mile radius (since it eliminates the distance settings the girls have and shows you to everyone in the radius) and despite the radius covering millions of people, I get only 2, 3 swipes per week on average, even if I swipe hundreds of profiles myself.
If however I set the passport to Russia, Ukraine, Belarus,etc (the current events had no impact), I can get 20, 30 or even more likes per just one single 30 minute boost or over a hundred with a few boosts used. Even if I don't use a boost, I can still get several likes every day without swiping or 5+ per day if I do swipe. Not just in a megacity like Moscow, but in smaller sub million cities and towns as well. The girls that swipe me are also generally good looking, educated and diverse, there are stereotypical Dubai girls as well, but not that many, since I am from a poor country and there's nothing rich looking about me.
Lastly, if I set the passport to mediterranean countries like Spain, Italy or Greece, I can use up 5 boosts without a single like, which is pretty depressing, same thing for Germany and various western European countries. I realize different countries have different standards, but from having 5+ likes per day without doing anything in one country to wasting boost after boost after boost after boost without a single like in another, jesus...
Not only that, but since my country is somewhere in the "middle ground", I noticed I get more likes after swiping in Russia and almost no likes after swiping in Spain or Greece, which led me to think that my profile score gets drastically destroyed or improved after every boost I use in these places. Also, if I use a boost in Greece and get nothing, when I'm running a boost in Russia, I'll get no likes for some 10, 20 minutes (or it will be the absolutely least attractive profiles), but as time goes by, I'll get better and better profiles swiping me. I don't know if it's just me, but now I always waste a boost in Russia (or Mexico or Phillipines, which also work) to improve my score and it has a noticeable effect on the people that swipe me in my country.
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As for the photos, I'm saving up for a mirrorless camera, but until then here's what I have, these 3, plus a loop of me playing with the dog. I used to have a mirrorless before, but I lost my job at the time and had to sell it.
Since I'm very skinny (due to 20 years of drinking cola, eating little and having little nutrients), I don't have any body shots or I use clothes to balance it out for the time being, I stopped drinking cola, but I'm still struggling to reach enough calories and gain weight, so I'm working on it, but that's for another topic.
Another problem is that I have absolutely no idea what facial expression fits me, smiling kinda seems posed and forced, but being too neutral also seems awkward.
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