Bumble - The New Tinder That Puts Ladies First
A new dating app has appeared on the scene and it’s going to
be a girl’s new best friend.
A gap in the dating market has formed recently as more and more
women are coming away from Tinder. Ever since it began, the app was racking up
complaints about some of the misogynistic men who use Tinder to push the
boundaries, just because they can.
Cue Bumble, an app that claims it is ‘Changing the rules of the game.’ It’s the same as Tinder, with all the swiping left and right, but the difference begins once you make a match. The moment two of you are matched together you have a 24 hour period to begin a conversation; otherwise the match expires and it is gone forever.
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But here’s the catch: the girl has to be the one to start the conversation. The guy can’t do anything until she does. This is all in an effort to prevent the sexist remarks, the dirty comments and the hideous pickup lines that comes with Tinder.
The creator of the app, Whitney Wolfe, was actually a co-founder of Tinder. She filed a sexual harassment complaint against her co-founder and ex-boyfriend which led to her setting up a more female friendly rival to Tinder.
The concept is great. It puts women in charge and could prevent
a lot of pointless comments from floating around the digital dating scene. But
what’s to stop the really sick men out there making a comment after the girl instigates
the conversation? Not a lot. But with Bumble’s slogan as “classy girls Bumble”,
we can hope that the classy men follow, leaving the desperate, sexual predator
types to Tinder.
Megan Herdson
Megan is a country girl who moved to the city with some big dreams. She is studying her MA in Creative Writing whilst also managing an American Football Team. She loves her blog and wants nothing more than to have her words read. That and to win the Championship, obviously. Follow her @MeganAtSMF
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Bumble - The New Tinder That Puts Ladies First
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