How Many Friend's Takes Can You Show on Hinge?

Up to three. Hinge's announcement of Friend's Take says you can choose up to three takes to show at once, and you can have up to 50 more waiting in your hub while you decide. You can switch them out or delete them at any time, so the three on show are never locked in.

The two numbers do different jobs. Three is how many takes a woman can see when she looks at you on Hinge. Fifty is how many can sit in your hub, the holding area where takes wait until you review them.

Nothing a friend writes goes public on its own. Each take lands in your hub first, and you decide which ones, if any, appear on your profile.

You send friends a link. Hinge says the people who get it choose a prompt to answer about you, and they can reply with text, a photo, a voice note or a video. They do not need a Hinge account to do it.

So your hub can fill up with a real mix: a sister's one-liner, a best friend's voice note, a video from the guys you play football with. The 50-take ceiling is generous. You will rarely hit it unless you send the link to everyone you have ever met.

Choose who gets the link with some care. A friend who knows you well and writes easily will send something you can use. A friend who panics at a blank page will send "he's awesome" and nothing else, and you will end up with a hub full of takes you would never show.

With only three slots, each take has to earn its place, and together they should say different things about you.

Pick one that shows character. A friend describing something you actually did, like the time you drove four hours to help them move, says more than any adjective.

Pick one that is funny. A friend teasing you a little shows you can take a joke and that people enjoy having you around.

If you can, pick one from a woman. A sister, a cousin or a female friend vouching for you lands differently from a line written by a man. It works as quiet social proof, because it tells her other women already like and trust you.

Skip anything vague. "He's a great guy" is kind, and it tells her nothing she can respond to.

More would not help you. A woman looking at your page is taking in your photos, your own written answers and everything else on it. Three takes are enough to show that people know you and like you. A wall of praise starts to look like a campaign.

There is a balance to keep, too. Your own answers should still do most of the talking, because she wants to hear from you. The takes back you up. They should not speak for you.

Hinge says takes can be switched out or deleted whenever you like, so use that freedom.

Look at which take women mention. If one keeps coming up in their comments, it is working, and it is worth asking whether the other two are pulling their weight.

Swap a take that has gone stale. A line about a job you left or a trip from years back no longer describes your life.

And swap anything that makes you wince. A take that is hilarious to your friends but reads as a dig at your dating history, or at women, hurts you more than it helps.

A take gives her a way in. Plenty of women like a man without writing a word. A funny or surprising take from a friend is an easy thing to comment on, and a comment means the chat starts with something real instead of "hey".

It also answers a question she cannot ask yet: what are you like to be around? Your photos show how you look. Your own answers show how you talk about yourself. Three good takes show how the people who know you talk about you, and that is hard for her to learn any other way before a first date.

Choose them with care, check which ones women react to, and swap freely. Three well-chosen takes do more for you than fifty sitting unread in your hub.