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| − | + | Bumble is a free-location based dating application that has the same format as [[Tinder]] in that it allows users to swipe and browse through various of profiles of singles in that same location and swipe right if they are interested and left if they are not. <ref name="foo">https://www.virtualdatingassistants.com/what-is-bumble</ref> If two people swipe right on each other, indicating that they are both interested, than a match occurs. Unlike Tinder, Bumble is unique because its users are usually more educated, better looking and more serious about finding a relationship. <ref name="foo" /> Additionally, although the application allows users to choose filters in order to accommodate their sexual orientation, in heterosexual matches, women are required to initiate the conversation. The match then has 24 hours to reply until their message disappears. Although Bumble seems to be a better application for women in that they are the only ones that can initiate the conversation and safer in that it requires users connect their [[Facebook]] account to the app, Bumble still stirs up controversy regarding safety, privacy, the "hookup" culture Bumble encourages along with technical and user-experience issues. | |
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| + | Whitney Wolfe created Bumble after leaving [[Tinder]] which she also cofounded. Wolfe sued Tinder for sexual discrimination and sexual harassment and settled her lawsuit for over $1 million in September, 2014. <ref name="foot">http://money.cnn.com/2017/09/14/technology/business/bumble-whitney-wolfe-fresh-money/index.html</ref> After feeling incredibly lost and sad after receiving much backlash from her trial, Wolfe set out to create a woman-centric application where women could have the power to initiate a connection if she found one. | ||
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| + | With the help of her cofounder and one of her biggest supporters during her trial, Andrey Andreev, former CEO of Badoo (a dating website with more than 250 million users), she created Bumble, in order to give women a chance to avoid any aggressive and raunchy pickup lines that she personally witnessed while at Tinder. Bumble was created to give women the chance to make the first move and "be in the drivers seat". <ref name="foot" /> | ||
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| + | After recruiting two more Tinder cofounders that also departed, Chris Gulzcynski and Sarah Mick, Bumble was launched in 2014 and was marketed to young adults and college sororities. <ref>http://www.businessinsider.com/tinder-co-founder-whitney-wolfe-and-bumble-2015-1</ref>. | ||
Revision as of 00:25, 15 March 2018
Bumble is a free-location based dating application that has the same format as Tinder in that it allows users to swipe and browse through various of profiles of singles in that same location and swipe right if they are interested and left if they are not. [1] If two people swipe right on each other, indicating that they are both interested, than a match occurs. Unlike Tinder, Bumble is unique because its users are usually more educated, better looking and more serious about finding a relationship. [1] Additionally, although the application allows users to choose filters in order to accommodate their sexual orientation, in heterosexual matches, women are required to initiate the conversation. The match then has 24 hours to reply until their message disappears. Although Bumble seems to be a better application for women in that they are the only ones that can initiate the conversation and safer in that it requires users connect their Facebook account to the app, Bumble still stirs up controversy regarding safety, privacy, the "hookup" culture Bumble encourages along with technical and user-experience issues.
History
Whitney Wolfe created Bumble after leaving Tinder which she also cofounded. Wolfe sued Tinder for sexual discrimination and sexual harassment and settled her lawsuit for over $1 million in September, 2014. [2] After feeling incredibly lost and sad after receiving much backlash from her trial, Wolfe set out to create a woman-centric application where women could have the power to initiate a connection if she found one.
With the help of her cofounder and one of her biggest supporters during her trial, Andrey Andreev, former CEO of Badoo (a dating website with more than 250 million users), she created Bumble, in order to give women a chance to avoid any aggressive and raunchy pickup lines that she personally witnessed while at Tinder. Bumble was created to give women the chance to make the first move and "be in the drivers seat". [2]
After recruiting two more Tinder cofounders that also departed, Chris Gulzcynski and Sarah Mick, Bumble was launched in 2014 and was marketed to young adults and college sororities. [3].