Why I Deleted My Bumble Account

I went for another run this morning and my running coach mentioned “connections”: how many people could you check in on today, outside of social media, directly in person, via phone or text? I realize that while I have a lot of “connections” – that more important list of people could use a few more names. Maybe yours could too?

To do that, I’m always open to new ways of meeting and talking to new people and find out what they’re all about. In times were meeting in person still is somewhat problematic, I decided to give the networking app Bumble another try. Bumble was first founded to, as their website states, “challenge the antiquated rules of dating”, but they’ve since expanded to platonic friends and professional networking as well. Here’s a review of my not-so-great experience with the people on the network.

“Start meeting new people in your area!”

Bumble claims to “empower users to connect with confidence”. Too much confidence, maybe? They have options for dating, networking, or mee…