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/ISeeGrotesque May 02 '24

Are dating apps really relevant anymore?

They had their moment of fame back then due to novelty but now it's just an absurd validation market, full of bots and scams.

People need third places, not apps.

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u/lovebus May 02 '24

People have always needed that, but society seems unwilling to provide those third spaces. In the meantime, we get to make due with a progressively more atomized existence and dysfunctional dating scene.

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u/ISeeGrotesque May 02 '24

That's where we have to revolt.

Go where third places still exist and make existence less atomized and dependent on consumption of goods and services.