Hinge is back online following an hour-long outage that left singletons across the UK unable to access the app
- According to Down Detector, the problems started at around midday
- The outage affected users across the country
- Of those who reported issues, 99 per cent said they were struggling with the app
Hinge is back online following an hour-long outage that left singletons unable to access the app.
According to Down Detector, the problems started at around midday and affected users across the country.
Of those who reported issues, 99 per cent said they were struggling with the app, while the remaining one per cent said they were having problems logging in.
One user posted a screenshot of the error message in the app, which read: ‘We’ll be right back. Something went wrong, and we’re working on fetching solutions. Check back soon!’
Speaking to MailOnline, a spokesperson for Hinge confirmed that the outage was a result of ‘routine maintenance’, and that it only lasted for a ‘short period of time’.
Hinge is back online following an hour-long outage that left singletons unable to access the app
According to Down Detector, the problems started at around midday, and affected users across the country
One user posted a screenshot of the error message in the app, which reads: ‘We’ll be right back. Something went wrong, and we’re working on fetching solutions. Check back soon!’
Several frustrated users took to Twitter to discuss the outage.
One user wrote: ‘Finalising plans for a date tonight so of course Hinge goes down.’
Another added: ‘Hinge being down really ruined my morning routine.’
And one joked: ‘I take full responsibility for Hinge being down.
‘I shouldn’t have posted that shirtless pic. Crashed the whole system.’
Hinge first launched back in 2012 and describes itself as the ‘dating app designed to be deleted’.
‘Hinge is built on the belief that anyone looking for love should be able to find it.
‘We were born from a desire to fundamentally change how dating apps work in our culture today,’ it explains.
‘We saw a world where many users were burnt out by the speed of most dating apps. They were spending hours on their phones and had little to show for it.
‘People were so busy matching that they weren’t actually connecting, in person, where it counts.
‘That’s why we built an app that’s designed to be deleted: purpose-built to get people off their phones and out on dates.’
Several frustrated users took to Twitter to discuss the outage. One wrote: ‘Hinge being down really ruined my morning routine’