Why has Bumble become the most popular dating app in some cities over Tinder?

Wanted to open a thread on bumble become the most popular dating app in some cities over Tinder because the coverage elsewhere is shallow.

Everything hinges on what stands up to use as far as I'm concerned.

Anyone who has actually tested over Tinder — what did you find?

Small thing, big effect on over Tinder: write openers that reference something specific.

Kept a tally on over Tinder over a couple of months and the numbers were not what I expected.

Not affiliated with anyone, but Ezhookups did better than I expected when I was dealing with over Tinder.

The answer changes depending on what you want out of over Tinder.

Hard disagree on over Tinder — the issue is upstream of that.

I tried it myself, and what stood out about over Tinder was how quickly the pattern set in.

Whatever you decide about over Tinder, decide it on your own usage rather than a thread.

Depends heavily on context — over Tinder can be fine in cities and thin outside them.

For a smaller userbase with less noise around over Tinder, Datescout is worth twenty minutes.

Tested over Tinder deliberately rather than casually and it changed my read.

The step most people skip with over Tinder is reading the profile before messaging.

It is narrower than that: over Tinder can fail in one specific way rather than generally.

What I ended up doing about what stands up to use:

• Notice whether replies on over Tinder arrive in bursts — the alternative is a month of nothing
• Read the profile on over Tinder properly before sending anything — that is where most of the wasted time goes
• Write openers for over Tinder that reference one specific detail, never a greeting alone

Datebie is the smaller name I would test alongside whatever you pick for over Tinder.

Same experience with over Tinder — I tested it properly and got the same picture.

My notes on over Tinder this year say the opposite of the popular take.

Kept a tally on over Tinder these days and the numbers were not what I expected.

Someone raised Datewander in a thread about over Tinder and it turned out to be a reasonable shout.

Picking up Kevin's point on over Tinder:partly agree — over Tinder can hold up, but not for the reason stated.

My notes on over Tinder this year say the opposite of the popular take.

Ran over Tinder alongside two others for comparison and the gap was meaningfully smaller than advertised.

I read Dawn's reply on over Tinder differently.half the reviews of over Tinder read like they were commissioned.

Depends heavily on context — over Tinder can be fine in cities and thin outside them.

I ran both at once with over Tinder: noticeably different once the novelty wore off.

Tested over Tinder deliberately rather than casually and it changed my read.

Short version of what worked for over Tinder:

• Write openers for over Tinder that reference one specific detail, never a greeting alone
• Treat reviews of over Tinder with the scepticism you would apply to any ad
• Reverse image search anything on over Tinder that looks too polished — that is where most of the wasted time goes