If your dating app suddenly feels dead, this is for you. Over the last few years, dating apps have quietly changed how bans and shadowbans work. Most guys don’t even realize it’s happening. They just assume the app “stopped working.”

In this guide, I’ll break down how bans actually work now on Tinder and how to tell if it’s happening to you, and what you can realistically do about it.

Here’s the uncomfortable truth: You can get banned or shadowbanned on any dating app at any time, often with zero explanation.

Sometimes it’s reports. Sometimes it’s automated systems. Sometimes it’s behavior that looks “suspicious” to the algorithm, even if you didn’t do anything crazy. That doesn’t mean you’re screwed forever.

There are ways to substantially reduce your ban risk, which we will discuss later in the guide, and even if you’re already banned, there are workarounds.

Tinder has two types of bans that guys usually run into.

Tinder Hard Ban – This one is obvious. You get logged out. You try to log back in. Either Tinder tells you directly that you’re banned, or you can’t log in at all. If that happens, your account is done.

Tinder Shadowban – This is the sneaky one. With a Tinder shadowban:

-Your account looks normal
-You can still swipe
-If you’re paying for Gold or Platinum, you will continue to get likes

But nothing converts. No matter how much you swipe, you don’t get any new matches. And every time you try to swipe right on a girl who already liked you, you’re greeted with an error (Note: if you get an error only some of the time, it’s just a glitch and you need to restart the app)

Another sneaky thing that happens is when you message a girl you have already been talking to, it looks like the message went through, but a day later, you see no history of it.

How to Tell If You’re Banned or Shadowbanned on Tinder?

Gold/Platinum users: Errors every time you try to match a girl who liked you = shadowban

Free users: Messages disappear the next day = shadowban

Logged out + can’t log back in = hard ban

How to Get Around a Tinder Ban or Shadowban

Whether it’s a hard ban or a shadowban, the fix is the same: you need to start fresh. (Appeals almost never work.) You need:

1. A new device – you can get a burner phone for $30 on Amazon or eBay

2. A new phone number – Google Voice is the easiest, but if your country doesn’t have it, I recommend an app called “Hushed”. They give you a new line for $5 a month

3. Other extra safety tips – Slightly change your date of birth. You don’t need new photos, but cropping them by ~1% can help. And if it was a shadowban, delete your account and wait ~24 hours before recreating it

That’s usually enough to get back on Tinder

To learn about how to get back on Bumble and Hinge, check out the original article below

https://firetexts.com/how-to-get-unbanned-on-tinder/