How to Add a Comment When You Like Someone on Hinge

Tap the heart on the photo or prompt you want to react to, add your comment, then confirm with Send Like. Hinge's help center says a like with a comment is more likely to get a response, so it is worth doing every time. The button takes two seconds. The words are the hard part, so most of this is about what to write so she messages you back.

In Discover, every photo and every prompt on her page has its own heart. That is what makes Hinge different from the swipe apps. You do not like a woman in general. You like one particular thing she put up.

1. Find the photo or prompt you want to react to and tap its heart.
2. Add your comment.
3. Tap Send Like.

If you would rather send a Rose, Hinge's steps are the same up to the comment. Then you tap the Rose icon instead of Send Like.

Once you send it, her page disappears from your Discover feed until she responds. You also cannot see the pages you have liked or commented on until those women choose to match with you. So read your comment once before you tap the button, because you will not see her page again unless she answers.

The heart you tap decides what your comment is about. Pick the part of her page that gives you the most to say.

Her first photo is the obvious choice, and that is the trouble with it. A photo further down, or a prompt with a real opinion in it, gives you something specific to work with. It also shows her you looked past the first second.

Look for a detail with a story behind it. A strange dog, a mountain she clearly climbed, a firm view on pineapple on pizza, a claim that she can beat anyone at Mario Kart. Each of those is a question waiting to be asked.

If nothing on her page gives you anything to say, treat that as information. She may not be someone you want to like at all.

React to the thing the way you would out loud if you were standing next to her. The same rule that works in any chat with a woman works here: be fun, tease a little, and give her something she wants to play along with. A few kinds of comment do that well.

Ask about the story. Under a photo of her holding a huge fish: "That is not a normal amount of fish for one person. Explain."

Make a playful guess. "You look like someone with strong opinions about how to load a dishwasher." She can confirm it, deny it or correct you, and all three are a reply.

Take the other side, lightly. If her prompt says brunch is the best meal of the week, "Brunch is just breakfast that makes you wait an hour" gives her something to argue with.

One or two sentences is plenty. You are starting a conversation, not writing a letter.

Skip the compliment on her looks. She has heard it more times than she can count. In a first comment it reads as a man who has made up his mind before she has said a word.

Skip the line you could paste under any woman's photo. "Hey, how's your week?" tells her nothing about you and gives her nothing to answer.

Keep it clean. Hinge has a Comment Filter that hides likes whose comments contain disrespectful language, plus any words a woman has chosen to block. A filtered like goes to her Hidden Likes marked Comment Hidden, and Hinge says the sender is not told. A crude joke can leave your like sitting in a folder she may never open.

In some countries, Hinge may show a few suggested topics under select photos or prompts right after you tap the heart. These are called Convo Starters. They point you at a subject, like asking about a restaurant in her photo, and they never write or send the comment for you.

Treat them as a nudge, not a script. The tips come from her photos and prompts, so other men liking the same photo are probably seeing similar ideas. Use the tip to find the subject, then add your own guess, tease or opinion so the comment sounds like you.

If she likes you back, she shows up as a new match and you can start chatting. Pick up from your comment rather than starting over with a greeting. You already have a topic, so keep using it.

Keep the back and forth light and roughly even in length. After a few good exchanges, suggest a specific day and place. Drop small hints about plans while you talk, like the bar you have been meaning to try, so the ask feels natural when it comes. The comment got her attention. The plan is what gets you the date.