• Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      Yes, but there is a new CEO, people are leaving the dating apps like crazy now, and they’re probably trying to do some shortsighted BS that will increase engagement now at the expense of eroding the long term health of the product experience.

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      6 months ago

      It’s not changing the default behavior, so it still has it.

      Per the article, they’re introducing a new opt-in feature that a woman, enbie, or person looking for same-gender matches can set up - basically a prompt that their matches can reply to.

      I think Bumble also used to prevent you from sending multiple messages before getting a reply, but maybe that was a different app… If they still do that in combination with this feature, then I could see this feature continuing to accomplish their mission of empowering women in online dating.

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      6 months ago

      lol right? And wasn’t it for women to have a safer place to online date?

      So they’re basically throwing women under the bus for money. Classy.

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        6 months ago

        It doesn’t sound that way. Can you explain how the specific change does that? Sounds like to me it’s an option for women, and it’s done in a way that limits how they can reach out first.