Bumble News Thread

[Pierce Manhammer]

Bumble says it's looking to M&A to drive growth | TechCrunch

Dating apps and other social friend-finders are being put on notice: Dating app giant Bumble is looking to make more acquisitions.

techcrunch.com

Look for more consolidation in the dating app market, just what we need, Tinder is dying so they need more money and won’t hesitate to destroy other apps like they did Tinder and Bumble.

 

[Pierce Manhammer]

Go on, let bots date other bots | TechCrunch

Bumble founder and executive chair Whitney Wolfe Herd raised eyebrows this week with her comments about how AI might change the dating experience. During

techcrunch.com

 

[corrector]

Guess it must be because of all the nut-jobs who are no longer paying into it because they can't actually get dates.

 

[MatureDJ]

M&A is not what drives growth in the dating industry, but rather T&A.

 

[obelisk]

So this basically makes Bumble just like all the other OLD apps. Great business plan.

 

[Gamisch]

As stupid as it sounds, the fact women had to make the first move was yet another way to force her to let you know that she was REALLY interested.


Now it's just another Tinder, where fat ugly women unmatch if you don't say "anything except hey,hi or hallo" .


LOL

 

[Bokanovsky]

During an onstage interview, Bloomberg’s Emily Chang brought up bots posing as real people, or real people falling in love with bots, as examples of how AI might make online dating worse. Herd countered that Bumble’s goal is to use the technology to “help create more healthy and equitable relationships.”

Equitable relationships? What the hell does that even mean? She sounds like a bot herself.

 

[Pierce Manhammer]

Bumble's anti-celibacy marketing campaign and its backlash, explained

The dating app tried to rebrand by using ads that shamed celibacy. It did not go well

www.salon.com

 

[Kotaix]

These are just the flailings of a failing company. OLD is dying.

It's a great time to sell these idiots some snake oil though....

 

[Pierce Manhammer]

Bumble buys community building app Geneva to expand further into friendships | TechCrunch

Dating app maker Bumble has acquired Geneva, an online platform built around forming real-world groups and clubs.

techcrunch.com

 

[MatureDJ]

These dating apps need to be put into the ashbin of history.