Bumble For Friends: Meet IRL 17+

I was hesitant to get the app as I am married and was worried it wasn’t actually a friend app but more like a dating app but no! You get people who are also just looking for friends. It’s the same as a dating app, you get to fill out everything about you, post pictures and set distance and age preferences. So far I’ve noticed that texting first is the best way to actually get people to talk but if you’re too scared send a gif! Me and my husband both got the app and I mostly get women on mine and he gets mostly men, now idk if you can’t change the preferences to mix or get the opposite gender but it doesn’t bother us at all. I’ve had this app for maybe 3-4 days and got a couple phone numbers and one planned meet up so far but you really gotta put in effort like with any other friendship that’s in real life.

Thanks for your feedback! We’re so happy to hear you’re having such a positive and fun experience on Bumble For Friends. For now, members will only be able to match with other members from the same gender identity. We can’t wait to see who you meet! 💛

I've been using Bumble for months with no issues! Then all of the sudden I am logged out and my account is blocked out of nowhere, no warning, no anything! I read the community guidelines throughly and know I didn't do anything to break any of the rules. I contacted bumble support and I absolutely got no help. I felt like I was talking to a robot. Not only did I receive the same exact responses twice, but I was provided no real explanation over what happened, and absolutely no solution, then was told that I would no longer be getting a reply after 2 messages. If it was real people helping then they would see that there's nothing wrong with my profile. It is a shame because I enjoyed using Bumble until this unfair issue/ treatment arose!
Update: Contacted Bumble support again via Twitter or X and still get the same responses I got via email. There was no real solution provided or no real reasoning as to why I got blocked. No appeal process, no way to access/ see your account to confirm that you didn't go against community guidelines. And after 2 messages they say that they won't be responding anymore. My original statement still stands, and I'm really disappointed.

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It was great while I could use the app. Until my account was blocked out of nowhere. I waited it out to see if it would unblock itself. It did not. So about a month after realizing I was blocked I finally tried to get in touch with support. It took them a few emails to even figure out which account was mine. And once they did all they said was that it was PERMANENTLY blocked and how I was violating community guidelines. So in return I asked how I violated any guideline bc I read back through them multiple times and I know for a fact I didn’t. I was barely on the account so I didn’t talk much to anyone, my pictures were appropriate. My name was correct and same with my age. They refused to give me a reason why other than I violated the guidelines and then basically said it was the end of the conversation. I would not recommend for the pure fact that anyone could go through this. Being excited to make friends at 25 when it’s hard to make them in everyday life and being shut down completely to the idea of it. Without giving anyone an opportunity to appeal any reports made upon you is insanity. Bumble bff could do better, or bumble support in general.

Our team fully investigates all reports before taking action and moderates based solely on our Community Guidelines. We would never arbitrarily block someone from our platform. If you would like our team to review your case, message @BumbleSupport on Twitter or Facebook.