It definitely reduces the instances of grossness or inappropriate solicitation,” she told Teen Vogue.Īnd to kick things up a notch, Bumble also recently introduced Bumble BFF and Bumble Bizz, two subsets of the app that respectively allow you to find friend matches and also match with people you might want to do business with. “I liked that when I matched with men, they couldn't message me first, but if I matched with a woman or non-binary person, either one of us could message first. “I definitely enjoy the ‘on my terms’ aspect of Bumble,” says Koby O., a queer woman who has tried a variety of dating apps before.
For example, when a man and a women match, only the woman can message first. Bumble, which has recently expanded to include people who want to network and create community, and find all different kinds of relationships and not exclusively romantic ones, has interesting features that other dating apps don’t. The app was originally founded as a “feminist” alternative to Tinder, designed to put women in the position of power, according to its founder Whitney Wolfe.
