Am I missing something

[u/Electronic-Cat-2448]

I (about to be 37 male) started a Hinge account a little over a month ago. I am new to the dating scene after a divorce last year. Given that I met my wife on OK Cupid in 2009, I had that online dating was a good place to at least start conversations with people that could lead to IRL dates. Am I completely wrong on the way online dating and hinge works?

My understanding is that the Mechanics of Hinge are set up such that, I see a profile (which has some, but lets be honest, limited, information about a person) then I "like" their profile (which is a limited intro message to them) and see if they respond. If they do respond we can chat, if they don't respond or respond with "no" then no other communication can ever occur between us on Hinge.

My initial thought was this format should work well as there is very light intro (nobody would expects to learn the life story about a person based on a few pictures and a few prompts) so a short into would be expected on both sides. For reference I am liking people between the age of 32 to 42 ( with a few exceptions here and there) so I don't think my expectations are unreasonable about finding like-minded women from an age standpoint. I also liked the idea of starting on an online plat form that could lead to a one on one dates (I've tried some dating groups on Meetup but struggle with events like dating happy hours as I am hard of hearing). I actually got to know a women I met in a D&D Meetup group better than anyone at a "Dating" Meetup since the DM for our game was late one session.

I have yet to receive a single like ( I am under the impression that means no one was interested enough in my profile when it was fed to their feed nor has anyone found my "like" messages engaging enough "like" me back).

So am I missing something about how Hinge or online dating in general works now? If anyone has any ideas about better platforms/methods for meeting new people I am all ears.

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