Relationships

The Best Tinder Profile in Boston Isn’t Getting Any Action

‘No dates, zero dates.’

But think of the puppies! Jude Senese

By Rachel Raczka

March 17, 2015

2 minutes to read

What’s the number one thing singles are looking for in a match?

A great smile? A killer bod? A full-time job with a 401k?

Eh, OK. But 90 percent of men and 97 percent of women reported that “having a sense of humor [is] just as important as physical attractiveness’’ in Match.com’s Singles in America survey this year.

Being funny is key.

But when you throw up a hilarious Tinder picture that portrays yourself riding a giant bear in the lush floral wilderness and no one swipes right, what gives?

When you’re riding a giant bear in the lush floral wilderness and no one swipes right, what gives?

Hill Holliday creative director Jude Senese is having just that problem. The 31-year-old Bostonian made six photos for his Tinder profile in Photoshop that ranged from wild bear riding to pizza astronaut, and he can’t seem to catch a break.

“No dates, zero dates,’’ he told Boston.com over the phone from SXSW in Austin, Texas, where he’s holding down fort with colleagues through Tuesday.

The Cape Cod native thinks deterred female users might be interpreting his photos as “a guy [who] can’t be taken seriously,’’ but he said it’s more of a countermovement against rigid online daters.

Don’t get it wrong: Senese gets matches. But most result in messages from female users asking for pimped out photos of their own. “And then there’s some hate,’’ he admitted.

He says he hopes to expand his profile portfolio to include other iterations of his art—he’ll workshop them with friends to figure out which are the funniest—but he wouldn’t disclose the Photoshop secrets of his technique. All he’d give us: “It involves a lot of selfies.’’

But despite all his effort and subsequent lackluster returns, Senese hasn’t given up hope just yet.

“I think this could land me my dream wife or I’m going to be single for a long time. I think it’s a 50-50.’’