I go to St. Ambrose University, so you know I bring the sting. In honor of this, I’m trying out the app Bumble.
It’s assignment #3, and I have been told to review an app I haven’t used before. I mentioned in my last post I have been unsuccessfully using the app Tinder, and since that has turned out terribly, I thought I might as well download another dating app and try that too. If my brother can find a girlfriend on Tinder, I’ll try for a boyfriend. Without further ado, here’s my enlightening insight about Bumble.
I want to start by saying that it is very aesthetically pleasing. Bumble’s app is a happy yellow and pictures a honeycomb in the middle. Once you enter the app, you go straight to viewing the men or women you’re interested in. It’s simple, very clean, and easy to navigate.
To view your options simply swipe up or down to see more pictures and information of the person you’re looking at. After you’ve ‘graded your homework’ simply swipe left to pass, or swipe right to say you’re interested. At this point you have 24 hours to send them a message, and they only have 24 hours to reply. This is Bumble’s attempt to remove inactive users from the dating pool.
This 24 hour feature isn’t a favorite of mine, simply because if I have two tests within a day do you think I’ll be checking my dating apps? No. I’ll be doing homework, and if I have any spare time at all I’ll do a quick twitter scan to read my news. What if within those precious 24 hours Justin Bieber or Channing Tatum swiped right on my picture? I would lose my shot at my very own Prince Charming. #sad
From a 19 year old college girl, I’ll give y’all an idea of what I think qualifies for a swipe to the right.
- no typos (we’re in college get your crap together)
- no snapchat filter selfies (that stopped being cool in 2016)
- no more than two lifting pictures (I get it you drink testosterone for breakfast)
- no aggressively sexual bios (some of you really need Jesus) https://www.biblegateway.com
Another issue that for me is that if you swipe in the wrong direction on accident your dream boy is gone forever. If you pay for a Bumble account you get privileges such as going back if you make a swipe mistake, but I don’t know any college students with money to burn like that.
Overall I think that Bumble is great because you can cater it to what what you want, whether you’re interested in casual hookups or serious relationships. That being said, I believe that a majority of users aren’t using Bumble for serious relationships, so be aware of that when using the app.
Will I continue to use dating apps? Probably not. Nothing against apps like Bumble or Tinder, more because of stupid boys. Let me end by quoting several of my worst conversations.
note: Some of these messages are from Tinder. These examples are just to explain why dating apps can be frustrating. Not all boys are awful. These boys definitely are.
xoxo, lonelygirl
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