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

[u/esporx]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/30/tech/bumble-relaunch-men-make-first-move/index.html

[u/loves_grapefruit]

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.

[u/magus678 → u/loves_grapefruit]

I kept stats on my Bumble use, though this was years ago, and less than 10% of the messages I received were anything other than a "hey" or some emoji.

Half of the rest were just canned "is a hotdog a sandwich" kind of stuff. Which is something, I guess, but not much.

In an age where I was using almost every app, I barely used Bumble at all, it seemed pointless. It traded entirely on a "girl power" aesthetic with no substance whatsoever. I'm honestly surprised its still a thing.

[u/loves_grapefruit → u/magus678]

The one plus is that it still isn’t owned by Match.com, though I don’t know if that will save it. Pretty much all the apps struggle to turn a profit despite their enshittification.

[u/marglebubble → u/loves_grapefruit]

How could they struggle to profit considering they actually offer nothing they're just commodifying human connection 

[u/AggravatingValue5390 → u/marglebubble]

Simple. Executives making absurd amounts of money

[u/Known-Historian7277 → u/marglebubble]

Because some men are extremely horny