Does Bumble have fake profiles? How many Bumble profiles are fake?
Does Bumble use fake profiles of women to keep guys swiping?
Itâs tempting to believe â especially as a man, since you canât make the first move â that something might be wrong if you donât receive any matches on Bumble.
Perhaps all of those beautiful profiles were fakes after all?
Turns out, this is a myth
Bots exist on dating apps, yes. But Bumble does not create fake profiles and very few of the Bumble profiles you see are fakes â according to internet sleuths on Reddit.
But hereâs how you might be fooled into thinking theyâre fakes:
Bumble uses an algorithm that pushes the most right-swiped profiles to the top of the queue. The most attractive (ie: right-swiped) of all are shown first to new signups, so youâre seeing one gorgeous profile after another. As you keep swiping, though, the attractiveness will continue to go down, until only the least attractive profiles remain.
So while it may seem like those beautiful people were fakes and the less attractive people were the real users, youâd be mistaken to think so.
The truth is, if youâre not getting matches on Bumble, users just arenât swiping right on your profile. But you can easily turn the situation around.
What to do if youâre not getting Bumble matches
I donât care if you were voted âMost Likely to Be an Underwear Modelâ in high school or if youâre just average-looking. Good, flattering pics = matches. Bad, low-quality, weird pics = no matches.
Test your Bumble photos on Photofeeler to be sure theyâre đ so youâre not wasting your matches.