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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Amelia Hill

As online dating goes into ‘salvage mode’, can AI solve all its problems?

Woman looking at mobile phone screen
Bumble has abandoned its proposition that women make the first move, and is about to ditch the swipe. Photo posed by model Photograph: Getty Images

Bumble was supposed to be different. When it launched in 2014, it offered women a simple proposition: if you matched with a man, you had to make the first move. The rule was meant to make online dating safer and less intimidating, while giving women control over who got to speak first.

This week, Bumble abandoned it.

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