Does Happn Have to Be Open to Cross Paths With People

No. happn does not need to be open to work. With your phone in your pocket and the app closed, it keeps registering the people you cross paths with, as long as your phone's location is switched on for it. You can go about your day and open the app later to see who you crossed.

The one thing happn cannot do without is location. If it cannot use your phone's location, it cannot tell when you pass close to anyone, and your crossings stay empty however much you walk around.

On an iPhone, happn's own instructions are to go to Settings, then happn, then Location, and choose Always. Always is the option that covers the hours when the app is closed, not only the minutes you spend looking at it.

On Android, open your phone's settings, then Applications, then happn, then Permissions, and turn Location on. The menu names can vary a little from one Android phone to another.

If you have switched location off at some point to save battery or for privacy, that is the first thing to check when your feed looks thin.

Because happn runs in the background, the crossings come from where you already go. Your commute, your lunch spot, the gym, the bar you meet friends at on Friday. You do not have to do anything in those places. You just have to be there with your phone.

That makes your routine the thing to think about, not your screen time. A man who spends all week between his couch and his desk will cross very few people however often he opens the app. A man whose week covers a bit more ground will open it to a longer list without trying any harder.

Small changes add up here. Walk to a coffee shop instead of making coffee at home. Eat lunch outside instead of at your desk. Train at a gym instead of in your living room. Each one gives the app another place where your path can cross someone else's.

Since the app keeps recording on its own, there is no reason to check it every twenty minutes. Checking it once in the evening, when the day's crossings have had time to come in, works better.

This fits how a dating coach runs the apps in general. He would rather let the matches come in over the day and then spend his time on the conversations, the phone calls and the follow-up. That is where skill actually changes the result. He calls swiping one of the least efficient things you can do in online dating. happn, left in your pocket, does a lot of that legwork for you.

A list of people you crossed can tempt you to Like everyone on it. Resist that.

My view of the apps is that they rate you partly on how selective you are, and they tend to treat an unselective man as a less attractive one. And if you are willing to like women you are only lukewarm about, the app has little reason to show you the women you actually want.

So go through the day's crossings properly. Like the women you would genuinely be pleased to take out, and leave the rest.

Crossings pile up in the background, and so do Crushes. The mistake is letting them sit for days because you only open happn once a week.

When you do check in, answer the conversations first, before you go looking at new people. My order for any app is to start with the woman closest to a date, then the chats still getting going, and only then go looking for new Likes.

A new Crush deserves a first line that shows you looked at what she put up. The place you crossed paths is a good option: light, specific, and easy to answer. Keep it short, keep the back and forth moving for a few messages, and suggest a plan before the conversation runs out of steam. coach aims to get from the app to a plan in about four to seven messages.

Some men hear "runs in the background" and worry that happn is broadcasting where they are all day. That is not how happn describes it.

happn says other users never see your exact position. A crossing shows as an approximate area, not a live location, and it is never displayed straight away. The app keeps your location for a limited time, so the people you crossed can appear on your home page.

If you want your crossing spots kept off other people's maps as well, happn's Settings have an option called "Share my crossing locations" that you can uncheck. You can leave the app closed in your pocket either way.