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    • Name6 years ago

      "Bumble will not censor images that appear in users’ Instagram feeds, which can be integrated into Bumble profiles."

      So they already know how people will work around this rule but still let them stay? I don't get it.

      If they do see a profile/user who show guns on their instagram feed and you can see them in your site then why not just ban the user from using your site? Are they afraid to lose those audience that much after doing such a great move?

    • jamie6 years ago

      This is a small but effective way to start the huge movement away from the gun culture..... I saw an interesting political comic.... 2 people sitting on a bench and one said" There is no way to stop the gun mindset in America" Above them was a sign that said 'No Smoking'. It is possible.

    • Riptide3606 years ago

      Bumble is bumbling along with Herd thinking at the helm.

      For an Austin based startup to give 100k to anti gun groups and ban killing tools in photos seems a bit crazy to me. Using that logic you should ban photos with cars or fatty foods which kill more people each year than guns or knives.

      Article seems like pure publicity for Bumble. The journalist misses the opportunity to dig into Whitney Wolfe Herd's background as one of the few women tech startups. I'd rather see info on how she's managing in a #metoo world than to see a blatant publicity grab to ban gun enthusiasts from a dating site. I can only imagine once the news dies down if meat eaters will be next, as her mantra is, "its the right thing to do."

      • erica6 years ago

        I agree this is a total marketing ploy for Bumble, and censorship is never the right answer. However, I disagree that the journalist should have written about Herd being a female CEO. I like that she didn't make a big deal of that fact. Not every woman in a position of power needs to be defined by her gender.

        • Riptide3606 years ago

          Silicon Valley has a real gender problem. Only 2% of VC funding went to women lead startups. http://fortune.com/2018/01/31/female-founders-venture-capital-2017/

          Herd is a big deal, but the media would rather spin the article as taking on the NRA, as a fluff piece, rather than the need for women to fight for a place at the table. Until women get more funding for their startups we will continue to have a misogynistic tech culture. It takes successful women tech founders who can start their own VC firms to create an environment where anyone, regardless of gender, can get a chance.

      • bill
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        6 years ago

        As CEO getting as many users engaged with the app is "the right thing to do" ...

    • bill
      Top reader of all time
      6 years ago

      Five thousand (!?) moderators to look at every single picture?!? Good god what an undertaking...

      • Riptide3606 years ago

        LOL - I think they use one of those Amazon Turk programs where folks are contracted for pennies on the dollar to screen photos for blatant imagery (nudity, drug usage, war criminal photos and now photos with guns). There is no way a small startup with one round of funding that has 5k moderators on staff!

    • bill
      Top reader of all time
      6 years ago

      Ugh. This particular sentence is just bad: "The company joins a long list of businesses that have cut ties with the National Rifle Association..." because it implies that Bumble had any ties with the NRA to begin with. Of course it didn't and shouldn't.

      Congrats to Bumble (I guess?) for making this new "policy" which is actually just a marketing maneuver. Am I being overly cynical to assume that this is obviously just virtue-signaling to drum up publicity? Disappointing to see the NYTimes looking like a branded content operation. There's almost zero "reporting" here.