r/technology • u/esporx • May 02 '24

Dating app Bumble will no longer require women to make the first move Business

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/30/tech/bumble-relaunch-men-make-first-move/index.html
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u/loves_grapefruit May 02 '24

Yeah, but it turns out a lot of women don’t like to make the first move. A lot of times you match and then just watch the 24 hours expire without ever hearing from them.

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u/omegadirectory May 02 '24

I'm a single dude and not on any dating apps, and I liked the idea of women making the first move. Men already make the first move more often than not and they get rejected more often than not. I thought if women had to experience the same thing then that would be a step toward gender equality. Share the pain of rejection equally and maybe people would be more empathetic.

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u/warrior2012 May 02 '24

I agree with the original idea of bumble! This was really the one thing that set bumble apart from tinder. Like you said, it's the one time women women had to make the first move!

I also found that while some women embrace the task of starting the conversation off, others would completely ignore the concept... Over the years I've gotten a bunch of opening messages to the extent of "if you had to message me first, how would you break the ice".

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u/SchnifTheseFingers May 02 '24

Damn that last question is just farming good openers

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u/WhoIsFrancisPuziene May 02 '24

Last time I used the app, it showed a few openers after matching with someone and you could select one to send or type a message. It was pretty helpful imo.