In the world of online dating, it can be difficult to convert a possible match into an actual date. Just ask the man who swiped right 2 million times on Tinder just to get one measly date.
A woman says that a Hinge suitor got her attention in an extremely uncomfortable way. Her tale has thousands worried for her safety.
Ann (@anniepoo024) says that her Hinge profile urges prospective suitors to name a time and place to ask her out.
“This man sent me coordinates and then 9:30,” Ann says in a TikTok about their encounter.
She assumed that the coordinates were “random,” she says, perhaps a bit of a joke.
They were anything but random. And if it was intended as a joke, he’s the only one laughing.
“I looked up the coordinates, OK,” Ann says. “Why is it my apartment? Why did he send me the coordinates to my apartment? I’m done.”
In the TikTok’s caption, Ann writes, “I just don’t understand what is [happening].”
Her post has gone viral. In the day since she posted it, it’s accrued over 2.7 million views.
Creepy or criminal?
The man from Hinge probably won’t get a date with any woman by sending her the GPS coordinates to her home address. He’s essentially saying, “I know where you live.” These are not words the vast majority of women want to hear from a stranger.
So it’s understandable that anyone would be creeped out in Ann’s position.
Many, many of the thousands of people who commented on her post urged her to call the police.
While what the man purportedly did may be off-putting, it’s highly unlikely he committed a crime, however.
It’s not criminal to track down someone’s address. And there are myriad legal ways to do so.
He’d most likely need a little bit more than just her first name. But if he had her first and last name, he could use various databases and public records to figure out where she lives.
Most would probably agree that he still shouldn’t have sent her the GPS coordinates. And it’s arguably rather intrusive to hunt down someone’s address just because you saw them on a dating app.
Hinge match not meant to be
The man may have thought he was being clever—because why else would he have sent Ann her own address—but he obviously blew it with her.
He also inspired thousands to fear for her safety, even her life.
Many people were genuinely concerned for Ann. Multiple commenters urged her to take precautionary measures.
“Sounds like a good night for a friend to sleep over or to go out,” one said.
A few took issue with Hinge itself.
“This made me delete Hinge rn cause oh hell no,” one woman said.
It’s not clear how one dating app differs from another or from a social media profile in terms of someone’s ability to use it to find your address.
Ann herself has taken the situation in stride. She’s posted several updates letting people know that she’s safe, in which she seems to be in genuinely good spirits.
“I’m good, bestie,” she says in one, adding, “Nobody has come to my house, thankfully.”
In a TikTok direct message to TMS, Ann says she doesn’t use her full name on Hinge.
“I have contacted [Hinge] yes, 3 times, and they never responded,” she said. “I deleted all my dating apps.”
@anniepoo024 I just don’t understand what is happened
♬ original sound – Ann
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