How Messaging Works on Tinder
Tinder can be a convenient tool for meeting new people. Still, its approach to sending a message to another user is different from how chat is designed on other dating apps. Other social media and dating apps let you immediately send a direct message to another user. In contrast, Tinder requires both parties to express an interest in each other before it opens the lines of communication. To communicate with another user, you need to swipe right on their profile, and they need to swipe right on your profile. After you and the other user have swiped right on each other, each of you receives a notification within the app about a new match, and you are added to each other’s chat tab. Sometimes you might need to wait for the other user to view your profile and like it after you liked them. If they already liked you, you are immediately notified of the match as soon as you swipe right. Conversely, if the other user never sees your profile or chooses to swipe left on it because they’re uninterested, you won’t match and can never message each other on Tinder.
How to Message Someone on the Tinder App
After you’re matched with someone on Tinder, you can message each other via the chat tab within the mobile app. These instructions are the same for both the iOS and Android versions.
How to Send a Message on the Tinder Website
You can also send messages to other Tinder users on the official Tinder website. Here’s how.
Hot Takes Chat
You can also chat with other users through the Hot Takes feature, which can be found in the Explore tab. Every evening at 6PM-12AM local time, users have the option the answer a random question from Tinder. Answers appear in a chat window that everyone can see for 30 seconds. If someone responds, you can view their profile and match with them. That way, you’ll get a little interaction before matching, and you’ll have something to talk about.
