Supplied - HaterHater
Free
iOS (Android in spring)
https://haterdater.com/
Are you looking for a greasy one-night stand romantic and long-lasting relationship, but always strike out thanks to a long and strange list of personal dislikes? Well, there’s a new dating app that’s perfect for you, because it will find you the perfect match, but based on things you both mutually hate.
Hater is the name of the app in question and it officially launched on February 8th (just in time for Valentine’s Day). After creating an account and uploading some fresh selfies, the user is prompted with a barrage of things to hate-rate, from slow walkers, to paying extra for guacamole, to Trump — the list of things to hate on goes on and on. The user can swipe right, left, up or down. Up indicates you love the thing, right means you like it, while left means you dislike it, and swiping down means you hate it.
The things you hate help determine your match percentage with other profiles. When swiping through profiles (like Tinder), you’ll see the percentage of a match, their age, distance from your location, and profile pictures — but most importantly you can inspect their profile for the things they love, like, dislike, and hate. You can find out quick who loves Harambe, cardio workouts, or white gold dresses, and those who hate butt selfies, Tom Brady, or airplane food.
But most importantly, you can select “The Worst” out of all the things you hate to be displayed under your name on your profile. Bruised bananas are the worst, and anyone out there cruising Hater can see that on my personal profile.
There are no accidental “super likes” in this app. You can only swipe left or right on a user profile providing you can get over their terrible mirror selfie and their love of glow sticks. Btw, there is also an age range setting you can adjust…
I installed the app on my iPhone the day it was released. Thankfully I’ve still got time to find the love of my life, who hates all the same things I do, before St. Valentine’s Day.
Ironically, in short order, I encountered the profile of a girl* who actually hates me in real life. And I only know she hates me because she punched me in the face one night in the bar. I should have prefaced this by saying that the girl was a friend of my ex-girlfriend, and the girl punched me when I was on shift as a bouncer in a night club. Whether or not I deserved that punch is a different debate.
But I chuckled to myself while I swiped right on her profile (she also hates mid-calf socks, how could I say no to a possible pre-Valentine’s Day match). It seemed ironic that I would be looking to meet someone who hates the same stuff as me, but ended up finding a person who actually just hates me.
Hater seems more amusing than anything else it could provide. The user base is still thin, so I quickly run out of haters’ profiles to swipe through. However, I think the release date was well timed considering the most romantic day of the year is upon us.
*The name has been omitted to protect the identity of the crazy white chick I know.
