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Bumble’s feature where women must send the first message is pretty brilliant. Women feel more in control, but they also have more of an incentive to swipe yes o
by smelendez 2y ago
Bumble’s feature where women must send the first message is pretty brilliant. Women feel more in control, but they also have more of an incentive to swipe yes on men, since they can change their mind later without even having to read a message, which mean men get more likes even if they ultimately don’t lead to anything.
- dabinat 2y agoBumble is slowly in the process of walking it back. They recently introduced “opening moves” (a proposed opening question which I’ve found most people ignore), which allows men to message first. They’ve also said they’re considering letting men message first app-wide in future.
- mgaunard 2y agoI believe 95% of the first messages that women send on Bumble is "Hi". Speaks volumes.
- 05 2y agoOf all your matches, those with lower than average attractiveness are more likely to message you first (on apps where women aren't always required to message first). This leads to a negative correlation between perceived match value and them initiating the convo. Some (most?) people would go further and reverse the causation, assigning lower values to matches that message first. So, it's an obvious move to only message the bare minimum 'hi' because any further investment would be a signal that you perceive the match to be unbalanced with your own value being lower, and are trying to compensate for that..