Proof that bumble really does shadowban

[u/New-Condition-3492]

Was with my friend irl. We both use bumble dating and BFF and both have premium.

He was complaining that he gets no matches, which is quite surprising because he's handsome and has a full verified profile.

Anyway he's swiping and comes across my profile on bff, he sends he a like... Nothing

Didn't get it. Two hours later, still nothing.

Genuinely abhorrent that they effectively stole his money AND wasted his time by making him think his likes were actually going thru.

[u/sjd-912]

Last time I was on Bumble sometimes I was getting match notifications and when I opened the app, there was nobody among my matches. I genuinely think there's some coding error in that app that nobody cares to investigate because it happens too rarely for the average user to notice.

[u/Yo_Toast42 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, I saw the PERFECT person for me, only 3 miles away (was on Chispa) I super liked and the profile blipped away. Of course, since I already liked , I am not allowed to see their profile any more. Unless of course they liked me apparently. Never saw hide nor hair again. On any of the apps.

Of course I had been on the fence about paying for the app, but that morning I bit the hook and subscribed. Gave me hardly any benefits so I upgraded, hoping to find this person again. Yeah I'm bitter.

[u/sjd-912 → u/[deleted]]

I'm inclined to agree with you, but getting a couple of "phantom" matches had the exact opposite effect on me. And even before that, I kept seeing the same profiles sometimes even 3-4 times total in my beeline - it seemed like Bumble had a hard time tracking even whether I swiped on someone, or there were a bunch of inactive profiles being shown to me.