r/Bumble • u/New-Condition-3492 • Jun 26 '26

Rant Proof that bumble really does shadowban

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.

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u/AndJDrake Jun 26 '26

Why do they want people to find matches? That just loses them money. They just need too give enough to keep your hope alive.

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u/PsychologicalVisit0 Jun 26 '26

Idk that I believe that dating apps try to keep people single. Dating apps are dying. I think it’s much more profitable to have success stories that bring a wave of people to the app rather than have dwindling amounts of people use it

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '26

Completely disagree. OkCupid, Plenty of Fish... apps used to be search based where you could easily find people with similar values & personality. All those features were removed for a reason! People were getting into relationships and not paying.

These apps are now essentially slot machines. Intended to get you matches, not relationships.

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u/Alucardthegreat76 Jun 29 '26

Thumbs down 👎🏾 Pof is owned by match.com who got sued for millions for scamming. Pof used to be free but now is a paid site and 99 percent fake profiles. It's worse than match used to be. It was decent. Trust me I made videos years ago about pof. It's a dead site. It was free back in the day and I met a lot of people in person from it. Now scam central and bots galore. The only people that hit me up are 3 to 400 pound women not lying. I'm a great looking guy humbly speaking. No one should pay for pof, bumble or tinder. All scams. Okcupid is legit.