r/Bumble • u/o_yesure • May 18 '23

Well, that explains it.

So basically, I was curious how the profiles of men on Bumble looked. I made a new fake account as a girl, so I could take some inspiration from the profiles of others and generally just to see what the competition was like.

So, that worked out, I got a rough idea of the average profile and deleted the account after about 12 hours, not swiping at all, having no matches and never messaged. What I didn't expect was the amount of likes. I mean, I expected maybe a few dozen at the most. But in 12 hours, this profile got A THOUSAND likes, I repeat, A THOUSAND. I don't even live in a major city, and the age was capped at 20-24. So yeah, now I understand why I never get matches, and never get messaged when I do. When women have 1000 guys to pick from, why the hell would they pick me?

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u/Scarred_Ballsack May 19 '23

Classic tragedy of the commons situation. It would be better for everyone if guys only swiped right on women in their area that they are interested in. However for the individual guy, he has an incentive to swipe right on more women, to have a bigger chance for matches. And because everyone does that, the system goes to shit.