{"id":592215,"date":"2026-08-13T17:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T17:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/592215\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T17:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T17:20:08","slug":"bumble-divides-users-by-ditching-its-signature-women-first-chat-rule-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/592215\/","title":{"rendered":"Bumble divides users by ditching its signature &#039;women-first&#039; chat rule &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTFAxSFpCOUxWd2U0VllzZVZJdXJ6cUZyeE9kQURSTE1NbXUyZUJjZVJZN3Z6X0xkek9NWGwzSUNGOG5wSFVtVDZWaDBnU28wM1RGLTNCSmQxYm15dw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bumble divides users by ditching its signature &#8216;women-first&#8217; chat rule<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiywFBVV95cUxQWG9maVd0bHo4VjdmekEzdUJXV21xM3V4T3BNOFhpenNMc2VyOVg0TTJkTWhna1puMXdrS2lkRGFySDd2QVBudEt2VTA1Mk5hbDNLRDZmbzA2UVJIa3BCRWZVNXpTS3lLWVI4d0pzQXozRXF6eFF5VXpCeHl5ZXdQcnpwWW1JcmNSa1lreE5KTFRPd0JqQzNJSktVS09VZ1NOU3c0V1liTDNZY1g3SnZJZWxSdFFyYUNFaE03UDJGZGt3SEpGX19XZG5Gbw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bumble eases women-first messaging rule as dating apps seek engagement boost<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipAFBVV95cUxQTjlPQ0Q4R1JZdkZzQlhIREJVSGFZOFFQTEFlbGhyWEhsc0NNaFRuS1lWajR6U0ZXQ3FveG5CRmJBQmRUYjJpeHloYmMzNGpVZ09XdjA0eXdUSGpZVnRLZWRMZlNiVEtKc3RpQTRGbml2LTljRk96UEZEeXVsMkItd2stN0VMbUNlTXJwd2lhM205R1NYeHI5c2lZNDBvVi1OSnZkRA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bumble has stopped making women message men first \u2013 and I know why<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiugFBVV95cUxNTU9SaHdVNnl5c2JRWkFKR2M4WThPR0ZlRVpYTE00SzNudVFpUGpMaWt0UVpIS1N4UkV3ZS1hZUpNdEtOUjU2R2ZHVzBXcVJQUFplc0lpQmVkZGJEQUVMYmp1OHFOS25ORjV3TDZQaUNyd1lHVTBtNDVPRGlFaWxaVmIzbDNzdVlzdDRkWTVFUWVqdHRkVjV3aDFFck14cEdheVlzVlRhVHdRYlV2azZmMnVvUHRTTTZCN3c?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bumble scraps signature rule and now allows men to make first move on dating app<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NBC News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMid0FVX3lxTFBNUFkxM2F2ZVdhdzA0cEcwREFsUjRBM05URHVFLXNnOTlZYXZNNVRzRTRHeEkxdVNka0xBOUNsanpvWGZ1LVVBUUloc29XWmx6M2VZM3VMQkFTOERicVk3d1BoZmU3dXdwYTc2Y2Y0VHVQX1JHOVRv?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bumble drops women-first messaging rule amid user fatigue<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Examiner<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bumble divides users by ditching its signature &#8216;women-first&#8217; chat rule&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCBumble eases women-first messaging rule as dating apps seek&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":592216,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,61,60],"class_list":["post-592215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=592215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/592216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=592215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=592215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=592215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}