A 31-year-old woman in Los Angeles is raising awareness about a clause in the Bumble dating app that caused her photos to be deleted from her profile.
According to an interview with BuzzFeed News, Cali Rockowitz tried to upload a specific photo to his Bumble profile that was still being removed. In it, Rockowitz poses in front of a screen wearing a black bralette and sweatpants.
At first, Rockowitz thought it was a mistake. But after seeing him taken down several times, she sent an email to the company asking what the problem was. In response, Bumble said she could not post pictures of her underwear.
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Rockowitz, confused by the policy that men posting topless photos in their bathing suits could be on Bumble, decided to move on and upload a different image that she considered “less revealing”. In this photo, Rockowitz’s hair is covering most of his chest and bralette.
The photo was flagged again and Rockowitz sent another email to Bumble.
“At Bumble, you are fully allowed to have a bikini or shirtless photo, but we ask that these photos be taken outside,” wrote a representative in an email to her. “If you’re indoors, it looks a lot like underwear.”
BuzzFeed News contacted a Bumble representative, who said the policy started in 2016 after the data showed that “shirtless bathroom mirror selfies” were the types of photos that were most left in place.
“Swimsuit photos are acceptable if you are outdoors, in the pool or on the beach, as you are in a natural environment to wear a swimsuit,” added Bumble.
“It’s just absurd for me,” Rockowitz told BuzzFeed. “I was like, am I going crazy?”
Then, Rockowitz noticed that a photo that had been on his profile for months was removed. In it, she is posed in a black bralette top with a blazer on top and pants.
Rockowitz found the restrictions on the photos ridiculous, especially since she could technically keep the photos on her Bumble profile or even wear less clothes if she had posed outside.
She also found that this was totally counterintuitive for Bumble, which is marketed as an “empowering” dating app, in which women need to take the first step.
“I couldn’t understand why [the photos] it wouldn’t be allowed on a dating profile, ”added Rockowitz. “Their stance is to empower women. [Bumble] it is made for dating and intimacy. It just makes me never want to use the app again. “
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