This was an interesting conversation.

Blessed to have met my wife long before dating apps arrived on the scene.

Had no idea bumble was also focusing on friendship and building IRL connections.

@dwr.eth you might find some value in this conversation, especially starting at 26 min mark - re quality users, AI, and output measurements.

Whole conversation covers her journey and a pivot of sorts to go beyond dating matches 

cc @ted too

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This was an interesting conversation.

Blessed to have met my wife long before dating apps arrived on the scene.

Had no idea bumble was also focusing on friendship and building IRL connections.

@dwr.eth you might find some value in this conversation, especially starting at 26 min mark - re quality users, AI, and output measurements.

Whole conversation covers her journey and a pivot of sorts to go beyond dating matches 

cc @ted too

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1nJDWBz8RFORZar3lbuvyx?si=_T3SYzOIQTCxpP7aveHTtA

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I mean, I self acknowledge as a loser myself all the time too, I wouldn’t blame you if you did 😂 It doesn’t feel great but when I am honest with myself that’s what it is 

I have failed every tenet of adulthood, but on the flip that does open other opportunities. When you accept ok, this — ownership, stability, family — will never happen for me, it frees you up. I feel like more and more people like me are waking up to this. 

I just saw on TikTok a girl I knew from my old gym has been on sabbatical and traveling for 8mo now with no sign of stopping. I’m 4mo behind her :) She was a PA before she quit it all.

Just an awareness that I would have been miserable if I was using a dating app and likely unsuccessful.

Met my wife in college - the old fashioned way.

Yet have plenty of friends who are younger who met their partner on a dating app and it seemed to work well for them.

Not poor losers, just unfortunate generation 

And definitely seems the recent college grads we hire seem dating app adverse.

Also feel blessed that I came of age when cell phones weren’t ubiquitous and folks were more present in their now right in front of them

Saying “blessed I didn’t have to deal with dating apps” is a status flex to me — although I know not your explicit intent, nor the intent of the host who also says this — I hear “so glad I’m not one of THOSE poor LOSERS, Ha Ha!” every time

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How along ago did y’all meet if you don’t mind?

@gugel has made a few friends on bumble. We met on tinder.

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Yeah - most of the people I’ve chatted with recently have been pro hinge and it seems to be the app of choice at the moment

I know of more women who met friends on bumble on the “friend side” of the app than boyfriends/husbands on the “dating side”

Honestly I don’t know anybody who got into an actual relationship on bumble, whereas I know a lot of people now in relationships or married that met on tinder (2014-2017 ish) or Hinge (imo by far the best product)

the $BMBL chart reflects to me the reality that they have "bumbled" the entire opportunity, and created an opening for a whole new type of 'app' in dating. 

I honestly think these companies have lost the opportunity, but I am feeling compelled to give this a listen, thanks Brix