Culture Bumble will ban users for being ‘fat-phobic’ or ‘transphobic’

Bumble will ban users for being ‘fat-phobic’ or ‘transphobic’​

By Hannah Sparks
January 28, 2021 | 5:57pm

Dating app Bumble is putting the kibosh on body shaming.

The company announced Wednesday that the app would begin throwing out members caught using “language that can be deemed fat-phobic, ableist, racist, colorist, homophobic or transphobic.”

The new restrictions will apply to users’ direct messages as well as those with profiles that openly discriminate against different body types.

“Body shaming is not acceptable on or off of the Bumble app,” a statement from Bumble reads. “For those who may not know, body shaming means forcing your opinion of a ‘good body’ onto others.”

An algorithm has been set up to flag words and phrases associated with “body shaming,” then assessed by a live moderator, according to the Guardian. Warnings will then be sent to users at their first offense — along with sensitivity-training materials — before being banned entirely.

The Austin, Texas-based company wants to foster “a kinder, more respectful and more equal space on the internet,” said Naomi Walkland, who runs Bumble’s overseas marketing division. “Key to this has always been our zero-tolerance policy for racist and hate-driven speech, abusive behavior and harassment.”

A 2016 survey by WooPlus, a dating app for plus-size women, found that 71% of 1,000 users who called themselves “curvy” had also been fat-shamed by men on other dating apps. More broadly, a 2020 Pew study found that 33% of women on dating apps had been called an offensive name by another user.

Fans of women-centered app Bumble — which urges lady users to “make the first move” — say the move is another reason why they love the company.

“I’m very interested in seeing how this works, and also EXTREMELY happy to see it launch,” tweeted music journalist Courtney E. Smith.

Some are calling for other dating apps to take note.

“Maybe @Grindr could follow suit. That app is a cesspit of toxicity around the body and race,” said one fan of the change.


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[Spasticus Autisticus]

I'm not surprised that this was coming, Whitney Wolfe Herd is a former Tinder co-founder and founded Bumble after she left the company, after leaving Tinder she sued Tinder for sexual harassment which ended in a $1 million settlement in September of 2014.
From Wikipedia:
Bumble has been considered as a "feminist Tinder."[51][52] Its founder has confirmed this identity, calling the app "100 percent feminist," although she has attempted to distance the app from Tinder in interviews.[49][4] Wolfe Herd shared in an interview with Vanity Fair the concept behind the app: "If you look at where we are in the current heteronormative rules surrounding dating, the unwritten rule puts the woman a peg under the man—the man feels the pressure to go first in a conversation, and the woman feels pressure to sit on her hands... If we can take some of the pressure off the man and put some of that encouragement in the woman’s lap, I think we are taking a step in the right direction, especially in terms of really being true to feminism. I think we are the first feminist, or first attempt at a feminist dating app."[49]

To be honest, I think this is actually a solid principled take on feminism. So many feminists claim to want equality with men, but then when it comes time to assume the responsibilities typically expected of men, they revert back to traditional gender roles. Which is why Bumble is ultimately a failed experiment.

If you're going to do online dating, just stick with the ones that require an email address (Match, eHarmony, POF, etc...). Only time you'd have to give your info is if you're paying for a premium account (with eHarmony & Match, you kinda don't have a choice in that regard). They may be old and "outdated" but if it ain't broken, don't fix it.

Also keep away from OKCupid... shit became a liberal/SJW safe haven that got rid of a few useful features, even basic ones like seeing who viewed your profile.

I've pretty much given up on dating entirely but if I was going to subject myself to online dating this is the advice I would follow. eHarmony when I used it had a terrible design that I found basically unusable. Plenty of Fish is, at least in my area, only one step above Craigslist, full of fatties, likely drug addicts, and tatted-up single moms doing duckface mirror selfies. Match wasn't too bad by the low standards of online dating sites. OKCupid used to be pretty decent back when I was in college (still never got any dates off it, but that's probably because I was even more of a sperg back then than I am now, and that's really saying something) but is trash now.

 

[frozenrunner]

Match wasn't too bad by the low standards of online dating sites.

I will likely try Match again soon... but I know for a fact they fake communication between users that they think are a good match, and they do this to get paying users to pony up for another subscription right as theirs is about to expire.

And they're the best choice.

 

[Kknd]

I bet they'll still allow profiles where the woman says you gotta be 6'5+

I don't see the problem with that. Can you elaborate?

 

[Echo_Ender]

Unless your profile pic is Chad Thundercock himself, the only women you'll get messages from on Bumble are desperate landwhales, completely insane schitzos, and women looking for someone to raise the kids they had with their ex(es).

One of my friends who IS a Chad hates it because "Most of the chicks on there just fucking talk about their problems or bitch about stuff constantly and never actually want to meet up or go out. And if you push it, they'll say they're 'just looking for friendship'. On a fucking dating site!"

And like someone said, that "Women initiate the conversation" typically boils down to "Hey", "LOL, I don't have anything to say, you start!", or "Are you okay with a woman with kids?" It's pretty shit.

It's basically OKCupid, but the women you were gonna 110% avoid are actively messaging you.


None of them really compare to the hilarious cesspool that is Plenty Of Fish, though...

 

[frozenrunner]

None of them really compare to the hilarious cesspool that is Plenty Of Fish, though...

One of the reasons you want a pay site is the barrier to entry it creates. You don't have (as many) dumpy women, single mothers, and "married but poly" degenerates throwing their meager bait out and seeing who will bite despite needing to do substantial work on themselves. I'm certain the same thing goes tenfold for the guys using these sites.

It does not surprise me that free sites like OKCupid are closer to unusable now. They were unreliable 10 years ago.

 

[s0mbra]

We don't want your fucking girlcock. Leave us alone.

Af for fatties, nobody will love you if you don't love yourself enough to take care of your only body.

 

[verygayFrogs]

 

[Super-Chevy454]

Will Bumble go after Weird Al Yankovic because he did a parody song titled "Fat"?

 

[Celebrate Nite]

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ROFL!!
>I'm a fat girl. If that's not your thing, don't read any further
<I am interested in guys that are fit, muscular, somewhat in shape. I'm not attracted to overweight people
Whatever drugs this bitch is on, she needs to fucking put it down and quit cold turkey. Either that or the fat has seeped into her brain.

Women like her need to learn how to be humble and modest. They need to get with reality and realize what their options are and how either A. They can present themselves as date-able for that specific sized pool of options or B. Better herself so the pool will become wider with more choices.

 

[Absolutetense]

ROFL!!
>I'm a fat girl. If that's not your thing, don't read any further
<I am interested in guys that are fit, muscular, somewhat in shape. I'm not attracted to overweight people
Whatever drugs this bitch is on, she needs to fucking put it down and quit cold turkey. Either that or the fat has seeped into her brain.

Women like her need to learn how to be humble and modest. They need to get with reality and realize what their options are and how either A. They can present themselves as date-able for that specific sized pool of options or B. Better herself so the pool will become wider with more choices.

If you have guys with so low self esteem they go for planets with its own moon system.
If a guy wants a fat woman, that fetish exists, so those guys can do whatever.

 

[Quantum Diabetes]

There goes my Faze_NoFathorrz69 account goddammit. I was really hoping there

 

[artilleryfroth]

This is a stupid policy. It just means users will have to waste heaps more time filtering out the people they would never consider meeting up with. Surely a fatty would rather be disregarded straight away than strung along for a while until the other person can detect exactly how fat they are and then ghost them?

 

[Hollywood Hulk Hogan]

I don't see the problem with that. Can you elaborate?

Preferences are fine and all that, but it's hypocritical of them to not allow men to say they don't want trannies or fat chicks, but then allow women to say they only want tall guys.

 

[Crunchy Leaf]

I simply unmatch on any fatties or trannies I accidentally swiped right on. On tinder, though.

 

[Sinner's Sandwich]

I honestly think this is a good thing because it drives normal people off dating apps.

Or they just ignore the crazies like they always did.

Mass exodus is only going to happen if people are forced to chat with them and I wouldn't be surprised if this happened some day.

 

[Kknd]

Preferences are fine and all that, but it's hypocritical of them to not allow men to say they don't want trannies or fat chicks, but then allow women to say they only want tall guys.

Are you sure it's not something to do with you being short? A manlet as you are fond of saying?

 

[Hollywood Hulk Hogan]

Are you sure it's not something to do with you being short? A manlet as you are fond of saying?

Like I said, preferences are fine. People are gonna have them. But hypocrisy is what bothers me. Even though I am not a manlet, I stand with my manlet brothers.

I don't get why you Trumpers get so mad when someone uses the term "manlet". Well, I do know why. You guys drop the n-bomb every other post and call people faggots, but if I use the term manlet it sends you into a frothing rage.

 

[Sped Xing]

Like I said, preferences are fine. People are gonna have them. But hypocrisy is what bothers me. Even though I am not a manlet, I stand with my manlet brothers.

I don't get why you Trumpers get so mad when someone uses the term "manlet". Well, I do know why. You guys drop the n-bomb every other post and call people faggots, but if I use the term manlet it sends you into a frothing rage.

You can't understand how the history of that word affects those of us under 6'2". It's not for you to tell us how we feel about it, bigot.

 

[Kknd]

Like I said, preferences are fine. People are gonna have them. But hypocrisy is what bothers me. Even though I am not a manlet, I stand with my manlet brothers.

I don't get why you Trumpers get so mad when someone uses the term "manlet". Well, I do know why. You guys drop the n-bomb every other post and call people faggots, but if I use the term manlet it sends you into a frothing rage.

Hmmm... Well a manlet requires both short stature and a lack of muscles. Are you or are you not below average height? And let's not use the hispanically depressed US median. Compare to whatever country or region your ancestors came from. I hope for your sake it's not Holland

This is not about politics but the projection going on when a manlet is using the word manlet to try to piss others off. It's very weird to me as a proper man of stature.

 

[frozenrunner]

Preferences are fine and all that, but it's hypocritical of them to not allow men to say they don't want trannies or fat chicks, but then allow women to say they only want tall guys.

More evidence that none of this shit is about "inclusion" at all but about stacking the deck in favor of women.