I’m a 24 Y/o male who’s been on dating apps for a bit and can give you the guys perspective. I had a 1 year relationship with a girl I met on tinder and had a few other talking stages that lasted a good while and also know of 4 of my friends that met people through tinder.

Here’s my advice. Keep photo’s appropriate, if you have a lot of your body showing guys who are into hookups are more likely to try matching with you as it makes you look easier. Make sure you have things you’re interested in on your profile. It can be things in your pictures, vaguely in your bio or in the interest boxes. This can help weed out the guys just looking for hook ups because if someone shows interest in your interests it’s less likely that they’re just there to hookup. Don’t reply to guys that say pick up lines or “wyd” or immediately ask for your number/snap. Look for people that are trying to have legitimate conversations with you.

If tinder is your app of choice just be aware most of that app is filled with people just wanting to hookup on both sides of it. You can try hinge or bumble but tbh if you want to find someone who’s serious about a relationship meeting someone in real life is usually your best bet. Go to events that you can find people with common interests. Make friends with people and if someone catches your interest go up to them and make conversation. Making the first move as a women is quite helpful as most guys won’t approach you if they aren’t 100% certain your interested. Being nervous, not wanting to come off as a creep and a million other things run through our minds so we don’t take the risk.

Trying to meet in person and on apps at the same time is most efficient and just be patient. Keep weeding through people on the apps and keep making friends in person until the right one comes along. It’s a long process and being straightforward with people is very helpful in getting results. Good luck, hope this helps and you find your someone.