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“Soul Swipe” literally swipes my soul into a hellish cesspit of frustration, annoyance, and impatience.

Okay. So I first heard about “Soul Swipe” through one of my best friends. “You have to try it — it’s like Tinder, but for Black people!”

Say what?

Shoot. She ain’t gotta tell me twice. An app filled with chocolate-dipped, mocha, melanin-rich men? I downloaded Soul Swipe faster than you can say, “Yes gawd!”

Buuuuuuuuuuuut, it’s not all that it’s cracked up to be. Here are my issues with Soul Swipe.

IT’S TOO DAMN BUGGY

Soul Swipe is a new app, but goddamnit it’s been “new” since April from what I’ve heard. It’s f***ing September and Soul Swipe is still buggy as sh**.

Screenshot of “Soul Swipe”

You have to wait way too damn long for a man’s profile photo to load in order to make the decision on whether you want to swipe left or right. And sometimes, I swipe right — even before the picture loads — in risky impatience. When I finally see the profile photo, I automatically regret my hastiness. *Shudder*

The rapid-fire Tinder-esque quickness of swiping left and right is lost on Soul Swipe.

Soul Swipe Forces You to Connect  Through Facebook

I don’t know about you, but for me, Facebook is sort of personal to me. What I choose to share on Facebook is certainly not the same info I’d like to share on a dating app and vise versa.

That being said,  when I signed up for Soul Swipe, I was totally annoyed about the fact that I needed to sign up through Facebook.  And I almost didn’t even go through with it. Why? Because…

I’m  SO not OK with Soul Swipe having access to my Facebook and telling all my friends, family and everyone else, that I’m scoping out the dating pool on an app! Shouldn’t I be allowed to be discreet?!

Thankfully, Soul Swipe does allow you to be surreptitious. Thank God Almighty, the app didn’t post any incriminating evidence of my coy search for Godiva chocolate men on Soul Swipe. But still, most people would be a lot more confident about the dating app if Facebook was not involved. I may have went through with the sign-up, but I’m sure thousands of others ditched it because of this.

AND ANOTHER thing… Soul Swipe nabs your Facebook profile and posts it  as your Soul Swipe display picture. Nooooooooooo! Soul Swipe — what are you doing? Don’t do that! Luckily, there IS a way to change the photo and choose one you like. But the fact that Soul Swipe has the audacity to grab my Facebook photo without asking really turned me off.

The Odd Messaging System

So after swiping right — and once they swipe right for you, too — they are known as “matches” and are compiled in a long a** list  for your inconvenience.

It’s inconvenient because scrolling through that long a** list can get ridiculously confusing. This is because there is no clear notification logo for when someone sends you a  new message. There is a green dot that pops up, but this could either be an indication of a new match or a new message. You don’t know.

So what happens is you end up with people usually taking forever to respond because we have to scroll through a long a** list of matches, click on the one with the green dots, and determine whether it’s just a match or that person actually sent  a message.

A glimpse of my match list on Soul Swipe — and the dreaded green dots.

It gets worse. Sometimes, when someone sends you message, the green dot doesn’t appear at all. Lovely.

The Profile Space Sucks

I get it. Filling out dating profiles are annoying — it’s equivalent to an interviewer asking you to describe yourself (Oh no! What do I say?!) But a nicely filled-out profile gives users ammo to start an interesting conversation. “Oh she likes Latin dancing, huh?” *Hits her up* “I would love to be the other half of your tango…” Okay, that was cheesy, but trust me, it’s way better than the oh-so-popular, convo-killing “Hi” and the dreaded “What u doin?” The conversation just drags and goes nowhere.

So my problem with “Soul Swipe” is not providing a profile space that is sectioned off with different interests: music, film, hobbies, etc. Asking us to just “Say something about yourself” is a recipe for disaster because many people leave it blank because writing free-form “About Me’s” suck big, hairy, gigantic balls.

Example:

Uh okay. I got your name, age, and height…. Great. Now how do I start a stimulating conversation with that information?

…

Now the actual caliber of men on Soul Swipe is impressive. I mean, there is definitely a nice selection of fiiiiineee men. Like any other dating app, you’ll find your weirdos, but there are definitely some gems.

Personally, I will delete Soul Swipe, but if Soul Swipe can get its sh** together (i.e. the bugs, recreating the profile space), this dating app could be a winner. And I may even re-install. But for now, for the sake of my sanity, I will stay away. I give it a 2.8 out of 5.

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So you’re open to the idea of online dating and willing to give it (another) shot, but not sure which dating sites should you use? Black dating apps like Soul Swipe, MELD, and BAE were created specifically for black people and offer more for the community than other dating apps. Here, I talk about these apps, and what each offers, to help you decide which app can finally help you take a shot at love.

Soul Swipe, MELD, BAE 3 Dating Apps For Black Singles

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The Online Search For Your Soul Mate

You’ve heard a lot about a free dating app called Tinder, and you decide to download it, create your Tinder profile, and start to swipe left or right. It’s as easy as swiping left if you don’t like what you see, or swiping right if you think you’re a match.

If you’re like millions of black singles who have tried to swipe to find your soul mate, you’ve probably deleted Tinder after your first conversation. You may have been overlooked by people you really liked and messaged by the kinds of people you’d never meet in real life. And, if you’re open to dating outside your race, you’re not sure if the person who contacted you is really into you or if he sees you as a sexual fetish.

Thus, it’s no wonder you’ve been tempted to delete all your dating apps once and for all. But, did you know there are apps designed specifically for black singles? These hot new apps bring together the black community and help men and women swipe for love in a safe space. Here are my top three you should try today:

1. Soul Swipe

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bg9WVWFhHX7/?taken-by=soulswipe

Soul Swipe dating app was one of the first dating apps to be called “The Black Tinder.” The app connects to your Facebook account and begins sending you profiles to view based on your location settings. From there, you “let your soul do the swiping!” If you and a potential match both swipe right, then, you are allowed to chat with each other.

What you should know:

Word on the street is that Soul Swipe reviews emphasize the app has a similar reputation as Tinder. It’s a site for casual daters, but that just means you have to do your work and screen through a lot of profiles to sort through the game players.

2. MELD

Elite Black Dating App “MELD” Hosts Event in Manhattan, New York City @MELD_app@BlackNewshttps://t.co/q8WptDGVvkpic.twitter.com/0Qj5HaS4UO

— blicqer™ (@blicqer) July 5, 2015

If casual dating isn’t your thing, then, you’ll want to try out MELD dating app, which was created for black professionals. The MELD app follows the same swiping concept as Tinder and Soul Swipe, but the dating pool is more selective. The creators of the app understood that for many black singles, it was important they connect with someone whose lifestyle, education level, and financial stability were compatible with their own. So, the MELD dating app was designed to connect to your LinkedIn account instead of Facebook.

What you should know:

1. The app has a greater base of users in areas where there’s a higher concentration of high achievers and high-income earners. If you’re in or around Atlanta, DC, LA, or Chicago, you’re more likely to have more profiles to look at than a person who lives in a tiny town in Mississippi. This just means you should be open to a long-distance relationship if you want to be successful with the app.
2. There’s a paywall feature, meaning you can only look at 10 profiles per day for free. If you want more, you’ll need to subscribe and pay a monthly fee. The creators say this was done purposefully because they wanted only serious daters to use their apps. This means there are fewer people online who are playing games.

3. BAE

Student founder turns down Microsoft & Google to build his black dating app 'Bae': https://t.co/QNC1ntEClxpic.twitter.com/oBoePmIdkZ

— The Root (@TheRoot) March 31, 2016

The newest—and largest—black dating app on the scene is BAE, which stands for Before Anyone Else. Whereas the creators of MELD wanted to meet the needs of professional singles, the creators of BAE have an ambitious goal of having every single black person in the world download the app to their smartphone.

BAE was born when co-creators and biological brothers Brian and Justin Gerrard noticed their white male friend had 50 matches on Tinder in one week, while their African American male friend had only five. As a way to address the racial discrimination many black daters experience in cyberspace, the brothers, along with a friend, created the app and launched it at Howard University.

What you should know:

1. As a newer app, BAE appeals to millennials and has many college-aged users as well as more established alumni.
2. You can potentially have more matches on this app, as users can view up to 30 profiles every eight hours.

Watch this interview from A League of Her Own with Justin Gerrard, one of the creators of BAE app:

Online dating is challenging, especially when you’ve got more melanin than the average Tinder user, but apps like Soul Swipe, MELD, and BAE are hoping to change the online dating scene for black singles. The type of dating site you choose can mean the difference between frustration and finding true love. Give these new black dating apps a try, and begin your journey to finding long-term relationships. Who knows, your new bae may be a swipe away!

Which dating app will you try? We want to know your answer in the comments section below! 

Up Next: Singles: Are You Equally Yoked In Dating and What Does It Really Mean?

Editor’s Note – This post was originally published on April 20, 2016, and has been updated for quality and relevancy.

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