How to Get a Friend's Take on Your Hinge Profile

To get a Friend's Take, tap your Photo icon at the bottom right of Hinge, then tap the Pencil icon next to your profile photo. Under your profile photo, tap Friend's Take, then tap Share Link and send the link to people who know you well. Each link stays open for 72 hours or until it collects a set number of takes, whichever comes first.

Here is the full process from Hinge's help page:

1. Tap your Photo icon at the bottom right of the screen.
2. Tap the Pencil icon next to your profile photo.
3. Under your profile photo, tap Friend's Take.
4. Tap Share Link to generate your link.
5. Send it to whoever you want a take from.

Your friend does not need a Hinge account to open the link or write a take. You can have a limited number of links open at the same time. Hinge also warns that anyone who has your link can submit a take, so only send it to people you trust.

If the option is not there, Hinge's help page describes the feature for daters who have access to it. Its announcement says it is available to users everywhere except India.

When your friend opens the link, they pick a prompt from a list. Hinge's examples include "A moment I still laugh about" and "What they're doing at a party." Hinge's help page says they can answer in writing or with a photo.

They can add a name or nickname and say how they know you before they submit. If they change their mind, they can close the browser and nothing is sent. Once a take is submitted, Hinge sends it to you to review.

Pick people who have seen you out in the world, and pick from different parts of your life.

A friend who knows what you are like at a party. A sister or close female friend who can speak to how you treat people. A teammate or coworker who has seen you when things were going wrong. Hinge's help page says you can ask family, coworkers or even neighbors.

A woman's take carries extra weight. What other people say about a man is more believable than what he says about himself, and women trust other women's read on a man most of all.

Leave out the friend whose humor only lands in the group chat. A roast that works among your friends can read like a warning to a stranger.

Do not just send the link. Send one line with it.

Something like: "Can you write a quick take for my Hinge? A short story about me beats a compliment. The party one or the laugh one would be great." Most friends write something far better with a little direction than with none.

The goal is a small, specific story. "He taught my kid to ride a bike in one afternoon and then pretended it was her idea" beats "he is great with kids" by a mile.

Hinge also asks that takes leave out private or sensitive information, like health or money details, and leave out other people. Mention it if you think a friend might forget.

Hinge notifies you when a take arrives. You can add it, delete it, or leave it for later. You cannot edit it, so what you see is what she sees.

If you add a take, Hinge says its contents, including your friend's name and how they know you, are visible to other members who see your profile. Read each one as a stranger would before you add it.

The best take says something your own prompt answers cannot. You can write that you are loyal, but it sounds like a claim. A friend telling the story of the time you showed up at 2 a.m. to help them move is proof.

So choose takes that fill a gap. If your written answers are funny, add a take that shows warmth. If your answers are sincere, add one that shows you are fun to be around. Skip anything with an inside joke she will not get, a mention of an ex, or a story about a rough night out.

You can hide a take later and put it back whenever you like. So there is no harm in trying one out for a while and swapping it for another if a better one comes in.