A viral TikTok video from 2020 claims there is an easy way of knowing if your partner is cheating on you.
User @Trinniiitty posted a TikTok in which she claimed Tinder only shows profiles that have been active within 7 days.
In the video, currently sitting on over 2.5 million views, Trinity claimed: “Just a PSA, if they’re like ‘oh yeah that’s an old Tinder account they saw, I deleted the app a long time ago.
“Tinder only shows profiles that have been active within seven days…”
So according to the creator, if your mates tell you they have seen your significant other on the app recently – it is likely that they’ve been swiping.
As expected, the comments went wild as they were desperate to know whether or not her claim was true.
One user said: “Now I gotta re-open this man’s case from 9 MONTHS AGO because I have this information…sigh. Time to fight.”
Another user claimed: “And that’s how my ex got GOT. And his first pic was him with MY DOG.”
However, not everyone was completely convinced and the TikTok sparked a discussion in the comments, whether it is legitimate or not.
One user claimed others are still able to see her account but she “haven’t been on it for months cause I got logged out?”
Another user backed up her claim by saying: “This isn’t entirely true if someone is swiping A LOT they can hit inactive profiles eventually.”
And a third one claiming if you have Tinder Gold, the longer you scroll, the more it shows people further away and inactive users because they “never wanna show you nobody”.
The original creator defended her claims by saying she: “I mentioned in other comments that it’s not 100% certain that they’ve been active recently, although it is likely, it could be because they have no other accounts to show.
“If the person that found their account swiped through everyone’s active profile in the area it could have been an inactive account. Tell this man to just delete his account, he doesn’t need it.”
Tinder has revealed how its matching algorithm works in a blog post and confirmed that they prioritise active matches on the app.
“We prioritise potential matches who are active, and active at the same time.
“We don’t want to waste your time showing you profiles of inactive members.”
Three years later, it seems the Tinder theory is still a bit of a mystery. Presumably, there seem to be more potential reasons to why your partner might pop up on others Tinder than just cheating reasons.
That being said, if your partner (for some strange reason) still has the app downloaded it might raise some potential issues in the future – and I think it’s safe to say that the best thing to do is to delete the app and your profile completely.