Bumble Will Replace Swiping Right With... Something
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Bumble is letting go of swipes. Rather than asking users to swipe right or left on a profile to confirm their interest or disinterest in a potential match, the dating app is replacing it with something else, Axios reports. Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd shared the change in an interview with the publication, along with the news that Bumble is removing one of its fundamental features entirely: An optional requirement that women message first in heterosexual matches.
"We are going to be saying goodbye to the swipe and hello to something that I believe is revolutionary for the category, " Wolfe Herd said in the interview. The details are vague on what will actually replace swipes, but based on recent announcements from Bumble, there's a good chance it will have something to do with artificial intelligence. In March, Bumble sharedthat it was testing an...
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