Last workweek , Los Angeles - based artist Cali Rockowitz uncovered an interesting loophole in Bumble ’s shirt regulation . After blocking her legion seek to upload photos in a bralette , the company told her that her attire would be allow only if she ’d posed in it out of doors , and if it were a plausible bikini .
Buzzfeed , which publish photos and the back - and - forth with Bumble reps , reportedthat Rockowitz had first upload an Instagram - friendlyportraitin sweatpants paired with a simple-minded shameful bralette , set in a sunstruck art studio apartment in front of a canvas . On December 9th , the company sent a standard message explain that underclothing is not allow on the platform . After another try with an alternate image from the same shoot , in which her hair mostly covers the bralette , a repp assure her that she is “ entirely allowed to have a bikini or shirtless photo , ” but only in plein Aire River . “ If you ’re indoors , it looks too much like underwear , ” they wrote . After Rockowitz posted about the trial by ordeal on her Instagram story , Bumble remove yet another months - old photo of her a blazer and pants , with a bralette replacing the shirt .
Bumble does n’t explicitly detail its principle inits guidelines , but the indoor rule is part of Bumble ’s 2016bylawswritten around bathroom selfies , an attempt to elevate itself above Tinder .
Photo: Eric Baradat (Getty Images)
“ In 2016 , we banned shirtless bathroom mirror selfies in response to feedback from our Bumble biotic community , ” a interpreter write in a statement sent to Gizmodo , adding that “ our research show that profiles including those form of pic were the most hook left on . ” ( A left swipe is the bad one . ) Bumble added that the insurance applies to all gender .
“ swimming costume photos are satisfactory if you ’re outside by the puddle or on the beach as you ’re in a natural mount to be wearing a swimsuit , ” the rep continue . In other word , you could only show your sternum if your intent is pure .
Rockowitz cut the bralette - and - suit pic so she appeared to be in front of the Pyramids of Giza and Mount Rushmore , yet Bumble stuck to its position , noting further that they could detect the trickery .
“ That photograph has been photoshopped , it was not to begin with taken outdoors , ” a repp told her over DM .
It seems unconvincing that Bumble would be eager to launch the water gate to less chaste double , as platforms have spent years in their convolute endeavors to law boobs and nipples and theircontext . Bumblehas staked its reputationon being the SFW app , and last year , Bumble founding father Whitney Wolfe Herdbackeda Texas policy which illegalise unsolicited dick pics ( “ lewd ” photograph ) .
Gizmodo has gain out to Rockowitz for gossip and will update the Wiley Post if we hear back .
Update 2024-12-11 3:00 pm ET : In an e-mail to Gizmodo , Cali Rockowitz sound out that she ’s since received countless content from the great unwashed who ’ve also had “ completely harmless ” photograph remove from Bumble and will likely stop using the app . “ In my view , the rules that Bumble has repose out on an app that ’s meant to empower fair sex , create connections , and spark intimacy seem counterintuitive , ” Rockowitz sound out . “ I think people should be capable to carry themselves in a personal manner in which their potential partners can see who they really are . ’ ”
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