Category: Bumble

by Jack Regan
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Bumble – The Dating App Where Women Message First

Posted on February 15, 2016

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by Emily Jane Fox
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Bumble Was Trying To Match People With Underage Users

Posted on January 14, 2016

VANITYFAIR – Jan 13 – A glitch in the dating app Bumble was appearing to limit some adult users to only matching with users between the ages of 13 and 17. For several months, users have been reporting that they're stuck in an uncomfortable, illegal position. Whitney Wolfe, the app's founder said that that issue is a result of back-end confusion that has only impacted ~100 users. Wolfe and her team decided to ban all minors from using the app.

by Fitz Tepper
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Bumble Dating App For Android Is Out Now

Posted on December 9, 2015

TECH CRUNCH – Dec 9 – Bumble, the dating app where girls have to make the first move, has finally launched its Android version. According to Whitney Wolfe, cofounder and CEO of Bumble, Bumble saw a 65% month-over-month growth, and ~80M matches were made by users.

by Lisa Bonos
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Latest Trend In Online Dating: Matches Don’t Last Forever

Posted on November 29, 2015

WASHINGTON POST – Nov 28 – Hinge is the latest dating app to add time limits; after a match, users have 24h to start a conversation or the match disappears. If they start chatting, they have 14 days before their conversation vanishes. Bumble also puts a 24h limit on matches; JSwipe matches disappear after 18 days if no one says hello. "Time limits give users that extra momentum to meet up in person," thinks Eli Finkel, a social psychologist. Hinge saw a 70% increase in chats started, and a 50% in how often matches exchanged phone numbers.

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by Kate Groetzinger
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Hinge Dating App Has Begun Expiring Matches After 24 Hours

Posted on November 4, 2015

QZ – Nov 3 – Today, Hinge announced that users will have 24 hours to begin a conversation with a match before they disappear forever. Hinge joins Bumble and JSwipe in putting users on a 24 hour deadline to communicate. Bumble boasts a 60% conversion rate of match-to-communication, and Hinge reports that the share of matches that resulted in conversations increased by 50% when they ran a beta version of the new deadline for a week.

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Whitney Wolfe Explains Bumble App Concept

Posted on October 13, 2015

BBC NEWS – Oct 12 – Whitney Wolfe, a co-founder of dating app Tinder, says she wants her new company to disrupt the sector, and cut back on the amount of online harassment directed towards women. She says the restrictions in the app which block men from driving the conversations are pushing social change.The word feminism has been co-opted and contorted, she says, but "what it really means is equality between men and women". When women make the first move, she says, men are often flattered and behave much more politely. Bumble isn't the only female-friendly app. Siren, a dating platform made by women, allows women to control their visibility, so they can block their profile from other users.

by Regan Morris
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by Emma Johnson
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Bumble Dating App Is For Women That Know What They Want

Posted on September 28, 2015

FORBES – Sep 26 – Dating app Bumble launched in December and is backed by Andrey Andreev, the founder of Badoo. Users create profiles by linking to their Facebook profiles. Users are then suggested matches, and much like Tinder, have the option to swipe right or left. When both parties swipe right on each other's images, they are both alerted to the match, though only the woman has the option to initiate a conversation. The app has recently introduced "VIBee" status which rewards frequent and respectful interaction.

by Kerry Flynn
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Bumble And The Grade Are Leaving The Online Creeps Behind

Posted on August 17, 2015

IBTIMES – Aug 14 – In 2014, Cliff Lerner created an app called Mutually that would connect people by the act of mutual swiping but it also recommended date spots, powered by Yelp reviews. The app didn’t take off, but he learned from it. "The real opportunity was to build a product that catered to women," Lerner said. "Our users asked for something that would help them handle men who were hostile and offensive." So he started The Grade — an app that grades users based on their behavior. Another app, Bumble, announced its own verification system. The app will soon grant checkmarks to users who maintain a quick response time and message ratio, and have never been reported for inappropriate behavior. This type of vetting is not new. OkCupid has a red-yellow-green light system based on response time, but Bumble and The Grade are digging more into user data as a way to increase transparency.

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by Fitz Tepper
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Bumble Introduces New Verification Feature

Posted on August 11, 2015

TECH CRUNCH – Aug 10 - Bumble, the dating app where only women can initiate the conversations, is introducing a new verification feature – VIBee. The verification is based on users' positive contributions to Bumble. Verified users get a sticker on their profile and will be able to turn on a mode where they’re presented only with other VIBee users. The verification process is driven by an algorithm that takes into account behavior like what % of a user’s conversations are two-way, if a user has ever been reported for spam or abuse, or how likely a user is to follow up on conversations.