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In my /etc/hosts file in macOS Mojave 10.14.6 I have

127.0.0.1 someotherdistraction.com
127.0.0.1 https://www.tinder.com
127.0.0.1 https://tinder.com
127.0.0.1 www.tinder.com

someotherdistraction.com's redirect works just fine - why doesn't tinders? I have also tried hard refresh/clear caches to no avail.

jMan
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    I don't know the full ruleset of etc/hosts so I can't provide a full answer, but you don't need the protocol http:// etc. You do need to cover all eventualities on domains that have CDN or other outlying structures, so you might need such as www.tinder.com tinder.com cdn.tinder.com or a slew of other related domains. – Tetsujin Jan 09 '21 at 18:50
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    Entries containing the protocol are invalid and will be ignored. The hosts file is only for DNS entries! – Robert Jan 09 '21 at 19:08

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As per @Tetsujin and @Robert I removed protocols from the file and added cdn.tinder.com to the list which seemed to do the trick in multiple browsers (safari and chromium). /etc/hosts now reads

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127.0.0.1 tinder.com
127.0.0.1 www.tinder.com
127.0.0.1 cdn.tinder.com

and displays an error page 'This site can’t be reached'

jMan
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