Women, We Want To Know The Dating App "Ick" That Makes You Immediately Swipe Left

Casey Rackham

January 31, 2025 at 3:22 p.m.·1 min read

Fortunately and unfortunately, getting the "ick" can come out of nowhere.

Person smiling while seated during an interview, wearing a necklace and casual top — First We Feast / Complex / Via giphy.com

But whatever it is, we all *definitely* have some of our own icks that we've acquired over the years. So, if you're a woman on dating apps, we want to know what your biggest icks are! Maybe you absolutely hate it when a guy poses with a fish...

Person on a boat holding a large fish with a fishing rod, smiling at the camera — Sablin / Getty Images/iStockphoto

Maybe your blood boils when the person you've matched with literally never asks you ONE question...

Person holding a phone, viewing a social media photo of a smiling man with a like icon — Luis Alvarez / Getty Images

Or maybe they used the word "females" instead of "women" in their profile and your spidey senses told you to swipe left.

Person lying on a bed covering their face with one hand while holding a yellow phone in the other — Natalia Lebedinskaia / Getty Images

Women, whatever your dating app "ick" is, we want to hear it! Let us know your biggest dating app ick or red flag in the comments below (or in this anonymous form) and your response might be featured in a BuzzFeed Community post.

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