How Gen Zers Are Using Dating Apps Like Bumble To Make Friends

Online dating has become almost completely normalized, but it used to carry certain stigmas. Now, many Gen Zers are making friends online through apps like Bumble BFF and Meetup and facing similar criticism that online daters once did. However, it's still unknown whether friend-finding apps are a lucrative addition to dating app portfolios.
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How Gen Zers Are Using Dating Apps Like Bumble To Make Friends

[@michaelmaps2004]

Even though i am an introvert it would be nice to have a few friends. Sometimes its just good to talk to someone

[@cancelled_user]

But only sometimes. 🙂 Most people can't really listen properly and can't talk about more serious things, so sooner or later I find them just annoying. Btw, I'm an introvert too.

[@Blossom-nc2iq]

@@cancelled_user I too get bored of people after some time. I’m introvert

[@Blossom-nc2iq]

I am an introvert also

[@iamdoctorcat6347]

​@@cancelled_userdon't take life too seriously

[@SnowFoxParty]

I'm an introvert too and I use meetup and I've been other introverts

[@tcu1099]

Making friends is a pain as an adult so I totally get it

[@the1stmetalhead]

It's because these apps monopolised and capitalised meeting people IRL which used to be free and the norm and we weak a** dumb people let it. These dating apps including Instagram is the biggest reason for men's increased loneliness and reduction in feeling purposeless, lower self worth and self esteem. There must be a way to overcome this issue but I'm pretty sure it's not another dating app or BFF feature in Bumble. Both are as toxic as they come. These corporations only care about money and not the mental health of men. They are just virtue signalling like every social media company out there.

[@q9r8s7t6u5v4w3x2y1z0]

you have no friends. don't you get it ?

[@SWLinPHX]

Yeah and I can’t figure out if it’s because of age or because technology gets more and more advanced and isolating - or both.

[@realnapster1522]

Because we are working more and more for capitalists. 😂

[@soberman1520]

so how it does work are we gonna get friendship date? or what

[@juantamez9442]

I messaged a dude on BFF because he mentioned that he missed playing games with his friends. I'm working out of town, and I used to play video games/board games with the boys, so I figured I'd give it a shot. Didn't go over well. He immediately thought I was trying to hit on him. That was the first and last time I messaged another dude lol

[@tylerdurden9676]

"He immediately thought I was trying to hit on him" how did you know that.

[@tooeasy1504]

Juan Tamez I wouldn't let that stop you maybe that guy was a weirdy. Friendships are important. If that was me I'd love to play a game with a new broski.

[@juantamez9442]

@Too Easy it's really off-putting, though, you know? A lot of people have their guard up all the time or are too presumptuous.

[@tooeasy1504]

@@juantamez9442 I understand brother, but on a site like that you have to put a disclaimer that you're Straight Male. Any place where guys are going to be looking for friendships there's going to be an LGBTQ in house that's to be expected. I just joined BFF after this video to check it out and I've only chatted with one or two straight guys. The rest have been LGBTQ looking for something else. I know I'm a very handsome guy so I immediately knew to put I was a straight male in bio of course I quickly realize no one reads those. 😄🤦

[@samkelo27]

@@tooeasy1504 handsome, I'm skeptical of that considering you look like all bones to me

[@wittynclever]

Making true long lasting friends as an adult is painfully hard for a lot of folks. Most adult friendships are superficial a based around short term commonalities like work, or kids. As soon as the job changes or the kids quit soccer, the friendships are gone. These services make so much sense its had to think they didn't exist before. People might currently think its weird to make and meet a friend online but that will change.

[@lucreziamorganti9115]

Exactly!!! 👏👏👏👏

[@Clyde]

during the lockdowns people met on platforms like discord, Twitch etc.. i actually made a few friends on KZbin..now we talk everyday

[@leoc2844]

How did you make friends on KZbin?

[@Clyde]

@@leoc2844 i started doing livestreams during lockdown..talking about things that interest me..slowly like minded people with similar interests found me..

[@beng4647]

Dude.. leave me alone. We aren't friends!

[@PeterPaoliello]

"people".. Not here

[@MrHav1k]

I despise dating apps, but for finding friendship, it could work. Though I believe going out, DOING THINGS, and making friends that way is superior.

[@soberman1520]

harder though (for my perspective )

[@SWLinPHX]

The best way to meet people organically is in person and in a group where you’re not focused on one other person to give each other the green light or not. There’s less pressure that way. That being said you have to see the same people or group of people regularly and not just go out and see different people every time like at a bar or a concert, etc. You have to join something where you are exposed to the same people regularly like a team or a production or a play or some common purpose. But to be honest it just seems harder nowadays - but I don’t know if that’s because the technology is more isolating or I’m just older, lol.

[@realnapster1522]

Who has the time?

[@samkelo27]

@@realnapster1522 you do have a point cause you could often be tired after work

[@LERJizz]

Society is ever evolving, how people meet continues to evolve. What works for you doesn’t work for everyone. I think that having options is the best way.

[@SWLinPHX]

@@LERJizz It's not as simple as that. There is something called human nature and common sense and general consensus via the majority of anecdotal reporting. Yes, when you are faced with an endless quality of g-looking faces online you skip the ones that are less so. And when you don't have to make an effort and you speak to large quantities at a time you (at least subconsciously) value each one less. It is psychological based on practicality and how the apps work (and are designed to work) not about a person's morals or taste or personality or just luck. It is a natural result of means affecting the ends. Of course you might occasionally get lucky but in general the less effort, the more convenience and abundance the less value and long-lasting results. The odds are far worse Someone decent you get to know and do things with in real life over time is worth thousands of hot people online who look the right way and say the right thing that you never meet or get to know -- or are "here today, gone tomorrow".

[@everythingisfine9988]

@@realnapster1522 pick up game is soccer basketball. Once a week meet up for board games. Can't find time for something like that? It's not like you have to show up exactly at the start time. It's not a job

[@sdsd4139]

I like the idea of Meetup, but Bumble BFF seems a little too intimate (one-on-one meetings with potential friends)

[@artchick07]

I've made friends on meetup! It was a gift after moving away at 23. I didn't know anyone.

[@Deksingburi]

Clearly, Bumble BFF is a LGBTQ+ dating app 😂, if you want real friends, go Facebook, KZbin, or Twitch.

[@sweebos]

Why does everyone see this as weird but don't view dating apps the same way. 😄 All the arguments I see against this could be applied to dating apps as well. 🤷 Idk... Maybe I'm the weird one. 😆

[@karatsurba4791]

The thought of this being "weird" is weird to me. Isn't it obvious to be friends before considering anyone seriously as a partner ?

[@myimmortal2238]

I think using dating apps those who want to make friends and look for romantic relationships are easier since a lot of people all ages always carry their smartphones in today's generation. Yes, it is very difficult to meet single people in person, especially we are still living in pandemic. I honestly have decided to use this app to make it easier for me to find a long-term romantic relationship. I find it helpful because a lot of guys like on my profile, showing their interest in me. It is up to me if I want to chat with them and hope I could meet them in person elsewhere, possibly public safe places like mall for example. I realize that I am not alone; a lot of guys who are in late twenties and early thirties (millenials) who are in my age-group are still single. In this case, I have a chance and hope I could find my soulmate.

[@NickDrinksWater]

if only it worked the same way in mens favor, which it doesnt most of the time

[@Okashime]

as a Woman, the amount of big wave of DM or chat from hundreds of man is quite overwhelming and exhausting, and i dont really have the time or mental capacity to check each one in order to figure out which one i want to invest my time/attention too, it became like a task and less natural to engage. I always ended up closing the app after seeing too much DMs received everyday, even if some men are interesting to talk to, i just dont have the energy to entertain so many ppl at once.

[@SamaelMoneyStein]

Damm this comment is so naive. Please dont have kids you seem like the type of person to end up being a single parent.

[@NickDrinksWater]

the problem ive always had with making friends on those kind of things is that all of the guys are never straight, and they ultimately end up wanting more than friends

[@tangerinesarebetterthanora-v8k]

Damn thanks for the forewarning. Haha.

[@shutupandeaturgrass8872]

Same thing with make friends between men and women, isn't it so? The issue is those guys straight or not, it's asking what they're looking for, and reach resonance that both party just want to stay at friendship.

[@ivandoesvlogs1671]

block those ppl

[@the_moni_shill]

True in some cases

[@the1stmetalhead]

Who are we kidding, even these friends making section and apps will be used to find dates. 😂

[@iNick90]

Making friends as easy at school because you're surrounded with everybody all the time. Now that I'm 30 all of my co-workers are 65+ and I'm the youngest one who works for my company. Lol I literally don't want to be their friends so this should be great I'm going to swipe right on men. 😆

[@tooeasy1504]

🤣 swipe right then brother

[@soberman1520]

i never get enough friends but i get enough family I'm one of seven child there's also their husband and wife and their child and their family so much and we live so close

[@c-power8393]

When dating Apps started making money that's when I started meeting people in person again, for free!

[@The1stClassVillain]

Capitalism gets in the way of making meaningful connections and meeting people. The cost of living has risen and so goes having to work more. Then comes burnout. After that, you so are tired and exhausted, you just want to rest. You can’t make time to go out and do anything else. It’s ridiculous.

[@realnapster1522]

You hit the nail on the head. Plus me too has caused men to be afraid of women at work. This has reduced chances of making friends or meeting partners. It’s hard to make friends as an adult.

[@The1stClassVillain]

@@realnapster1522 Don’t let capitalism take your life. Fight back. Make time for yourself. You have one life and it’s short. Don’t let them take it. Use vacation time, sick time, don’t work on the weekends if you don’t have to. If they try to, find another job.

[@hhjhj393]

I agree. That being said I found someone who I could talk to and it was so fcking nice. It's really nice to just have someone similar to you that you can talk to. We went on a couple hikes then started going to baseball games, I am a 30 year old dude, but man it was so nice to just have another dude to talk to and do fun stuff with besides work. I think I am an introvert for sure, but I think my biggest problem is that I simply don't like most people, but when I find those couple of people that actually share my interests then life is good. It's just finding those people is super hard for me.

[@SWLinPHX]

Human nature dictates that whenever you use an app where you are presented with a matrix or array of profile pics before you click on to read more about their profile that you are invariably going to choose the ones you’re physically attracted to, regardless of whether you’re looking for an intimate relationship or friendship and regardless of same or opposite gender. So better looking people, or just better looking pics, will always do better online. And that leads to not giving less attractive people a chance or else being disappointed if someone doesn’t look like their pic.

[@septanine5936]

I agree. I think if you saw pictures of someone's interests or experiences instead of their face/body, less attractive people would have a better chance

[@cancelled_user]

@@septanine5936 Isn't Hinge supposed to work like that? Or whatever that app is called

[@hhjhj393]

Do you have to post a pic for friends? I was thinking of using these apps but idk if I want to put my picture out there....

[@SWLinPHX]

@@hhjhj393 Most matching services where you are advertising yourself do far worse without (appealing) photos. It's not that viewers won't care even if your text and interests and info seem great and like a perfect match -- it's that they are far less likely to CLICK on your profile it to even READ any of all that. Remember, what is fair and just and ideal doesn't always coincide with human nature. Psychology matters.

[@LeftyRed]

I’ve been noticing this trend more often. It’s a little strange but if it helps people then it’s good.

[@Omer1996E.C]

Dating apps caused more single people, more people who monopolize dating (attractive or rich guys), increased divorce and reduced marriage. Opposite to all expectations. This was partly because these apps intentionally made temporary couples break away, to use the applications and gain more profits. And friend applications will certainly increase loneliness and losing friends

[@the1stmetalhead]

I cannot agree more

[@dstutz]

I cannot agree less. What a ridiculous theory. Stop blaming your own personal failures on dating apps

[@Omer1996E.C]

@@dstutz lol, shut up if you know nothing. Finding a permanent partner is being harder than ever. Love it or hate it, it's the truth. OR You might be from the lucky ones. Don't judge others, especially me, since I don't use any dating app. I feel like they're just unnatural and unhealthy

[@n3wt]

Too many choices is what destroyed love in America. 90s was so great to meet real friends and connections

[@michaelboyd856]

@@dstutz I don't know if he's right about increased divorce (although my hunch is admittedly that he isn't,) but the data suggests that he's right about everything else. Most matches go to a handful of men and women and, yes, controlling for a variety of factors, it seems that looks are really the only reason for the disparity. There are more single people now than in the past, and most Americans agree that dating is harder now than it was 10 years ago. There isn't really a good way to measure whether or not they've reduced the marriage rate, but it seems hard to believe they could make dating harder but have no impact on marriage.

[@DhrubajyotiRaja01]

Alternate title: *CNBC and the Rise of Infommercial* ......

[@sidney6522]

Its not embarrassing at all. People who have friends sometimes dont even realize how much of a privilege it is.

[@AJ-iu6nw]

Bumble Execs: if you're reading this, you paid too much for this ad

[@coachingmanagersandleaders]

Yea, every time I look for friends online, they ask for nudes or they flake.

[@cruzintheraw]

That's what I say... psychos and peds on these sites... Meeting people online from 'out of town' gives these quacks the ability to make up any story they want to impress the people they meet... No way to verify their stories if you can't meet THEIR friends... I think people that have no friends are creepy to begin with...

[@socku5850]

Some scam used your nude to blackmail for money. It was on Dr.phil a few weeks ago. The teenager deleted himself because of the black mail and he doesn't have the money to pay. I didn't really trust anyone online unless I know them in person.

[@cruzintheraw]

@sock u ... I totally agree... face-to-face is the only way to make friends and build relationships... So easy to get scammed on social apps...

[@TomNook.]

"man gets brutally murdered by a man he met on a dating app" Yeah I don't want that as my legacy

[@kristaline_sa9163]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@houssem.khaled]

Personally, I found Bumble dating and Bumble business to be much more effective than BFF. Not sure we're ready for that just yet.

[@secretgarden577]

I am really shy and want to approach people in real life but got nervous, so maybe dating apps are a good way to approach someone

[@amishterrorist17]

@2:50 dudes freaking loading profile pictures of himself as Carl from "I think you should leave" haha.

[@shanicebowen1641]

I made a good friend on an app for moms to make friends, but everyone using the app said it felt very awkward

[@kkp4297]

As a guy, I just want a bigass circle of female friends. I highly doubt BFF makes it easy to even find female friends

[@saturnsynth11]

Agreed

[@SWLinPHX]

Why only female friends?

[@jayjellobean]

I super love it. "I was doing it when it was embarrasing"

[@Sharpswordherald]

I couldn’t believe my eyes when I seen the title of this silly video, first of all this is probably a video sponsored by bumble or dating apps, secondly, they are promoting this on this video as a way for men to meet friends, as if we are on dating apps for friends in the first place ….the majority of men are starting to fall off dating apps because they aren’t getting any luck from females, at least the ones they want …and dating apps don’t want to lose the revenue so they are trying to convince us that we can somehow make friends on dating apps, when in reality we already have all the friends we want, so if men aren’t getting any women of quality at least, then there’s no point in being on a dating app, I can walk outside and meet a male friend if I wanted friends that bad. Nice try though bumble , no thanks.

[@the1stmetalhead]

Preach mate. Rightfully said. They want that sweet money and they knew they can only milk men for that.

[@AJ-iu6nw]

their algorithm favors 9/10 chads who get 90% of the matches. If you weren't born ultra attractive (even if you're moderately attractive) you won't be getting any views - because men outnumber women on dating apps by a huge margin. In other words, the competition is way too steep on Bumble

[@Sharpswordherald]

@@AJ-iu6nw exactly bro

[@carpelunam]

😎

[@dlewis8405]

As a 53 year old I remember moving to Seattle and wanting to meet new people. I was in my early thirties then. I signed up with something called “events and adventures” where they organize an outing like white water rafting. The idea was to make new connections. To be honest it was more men than women and people were looking more for romantic relationships than friends.

[@CactusJack60]

Everything in our modern society is extreme. Either too easy or too difficult, beautiful or worthless, left or right, rich or poor. I fear for my children's self esteem.

[@shaystar5008]

I’m a millennial and I use this app too! It works too, bc I’ve meet some cool people on there

[@chaoticrealm777]

I can somewhat understand the necessity of dating apps. A friendship app can be useful tho seems a bit too much in a way. If your mentality is that you're going out to shop for a friend, then where is the human aspect in that? People aren't commodities, they're people - although these apps would argue differently.

[@artchick07]

Some people live in isolation especially those who work off shifts. I had a coworker who wanted to find more people in his age range since the local Facebook groups were full of older people.

[@mandisaw]

Both approaches share the basic problem that unlike say, buying clothes, you don't know who will "fit" until you actually interact. Biggest benefit of friendships & relationships is exposing you to new ideas, different backgrounds, stuff you never knew you'd enjoy. But apps like these just reinforce whatever narrow view of yourself you already go in with.

[@HomeschoolVouchers]

​@@mandisaw Studies show that dating apps actually make it more likely to meet people who are different from you, especially in terms of race or religion, because it's much easier to meet people who don't already run in the same circles.

[@mandisaw]

@@HomeschoolVouchers I suppose that all depends on how silo'ed your circles were in the first place. If you participate in social activities, plus school/work/neighborhood/etc, with people different from yourself, then that's already going to bring a pretty wide diversity of people into your orbit. If a lot of ppl are saying they need/want apps to bring variety into their lives, then that just indirectly speaks to how segregated/homogenous those "common spaces" have become.

[@minorperez5998]

They really are eliminating the courage to come up to someone in person. People skills!

[@matthew_tall]

yeah but you still have to meet the person irl so it would help with people skills

[@the1stmetalhead]

@@matthew_tall actually it's wouldn't. That was the same intention when these dating apps were created but in the end all they did was leave men more lonely and depressed than ever before. And with time they have also learnt how to milk men of their money too for dating. And the same will be done with friendships. They have monopolised dating and friendships.

[@tooeasy1504]

@@the1stmetalhead male friendships has been on the decline for nearly 60+ years. Dating apps didn't destroy friendships men abandoning their friends when they enter a relationship with a woman did that. Even this video mentioned that. I'm not sure why guys do that, even females know not to give up their friends once they meet a guy. Lol

[@the1stmetalhead]

@@tooeasy1504 just because your own and a few women’s experience has been like that with guys doesn’t mean it’s every guy in the world who abandon their friends after entering in a relationship and a lot of times it’s not guys who willingly do this. The women in the relationship isolate them and try to control their life and every little detail. Sure again it’s not every woman who does this but enough women who’ve caused this problem that it becomes an important issue to talk about. And yes dating haven’t destroyed friendships yet. But they have destroyed relationships and dating. And the same will happen if we allow them to take over this aspect of life which is supposed to be free.

[@the1stmetalhead]

@@Dimitris_Half not social skills but these apps are becoming or have become the norm among younger population. What in the olden days was to be learned by going out and forcing yourself to approach strangers. All these skills have been demolished by apps. You want to talk to someone, just swipe right and pay us that sweet cash. And obviously not everyone who has social anxiety is because of these apps. But a big chunk or a significant percentage of men are having those problems like reduced confidence, self esteem, worth, feeling purposeless because of dating apps.

[@kkp4297]

everyone, it's ok to have no friends, or few friends.

[@tooeasy1504]

No it's not. You need friends at the end of the day.

[@the1stmetalhead]

@@tooeasy1504 not really. There are many pillars of life like physical health, mental health, family, friends, marriage, kids, finances, hobbies, etc but to live a fulfilled life you only need a few. Not everyone has to marry and just like that not everyone has to make friends. It’s not a hard and fast rule. Sure you do need people around but they can be in the form of family, a loving partner or children too.

[@LERJizz]

I like this idea. I get to vet people before letting them get to close to me. I mean, nowadays with so much social media, backstabbing culture, and hateful and racist political nonsense… vetting people before having an issue is well worth the price.

[@samkelo27]

If you want to make friends in your area just join a couple of sports leagues or whatever your interested in and over time you might make a friend with someone, too many creeps on the internet nowadays.

[@mandisaw]

The advice I give is to go out & do social activities you enjoy - ready-made pool of people who you know have at least one thing in common with you. Anyone trying to sell you on "make friends without leaving your couch/bed" is not interested in making you a better friend.

[@freeguy3751]

Amen Don

[@HigherEducationAwakening]

dude make friend in real life. talk to people at work, in the library, at cafes, restaurants etc. Have similar patterns of movement so you run into the same people. Be nice. Be charismatic. Work on your charm. Have a sense of humor.

[@samkelo27]

Are you trying to find a friend or a girlfriend 👀

[@angelinimartini]

Let’s be honest… not everyone can be likable to most people. Everyone is different. I have some friends that some people would consider quite unlikable but I collect unusual people in my life. Makes my life more colorful. However, would I put them all, or even two in the same room? No. Because they would have to stop being themselves to even get along.

[@RD-wm3fo]

These apps are the problem -.- personally I find them useless and have better luck finding friends in person

[@Sw87sw87]

I’m sure Grindr users would fill up the “friendship” apps.

[@ShidaiTaino]

Why do you say that

[@Generallyannoyed2024]

100% the truth. I tried using it to make friends after moving across the country and it was just guys or couples trying to hook up with me.

[@Sw87sw87]

@@ShidaiTaino Use Bumble’s friend section as a man and see for yourself.

[@NickDrinksWater]

thats exactly why friendship sections of the apps never work, theres no filters to show people by orientation, so it only shows men wanting to fool around with other men, rather than guys wanting to actually make friends

[@chasingdharmaify]

Paying to find friends isn't new. The entire university Greek system uses that method.

[@Jyaer]

I feel bumble is a bit scary meeting friends and could be unsafe

[@josephlalock8378]

who needs more friends? just more people to worry about screwing you over.

[@gerardoulloa8320]

💯 first do you. Invest for 5 to 20 years if you’re under 35 and after when you have money do yourself and meet people. Just don’t be paying for their stuff unless they’ve been doing the same For you.

[@josephlalock8378]

@suspicionofdeceit8402 yup.

[@kinngrimm]

Anyone who doesn't see this as dystopian has more problems than propably wants to admit to.

[@matthew_tall]

how lol

[@kinngrimm]

@@Dimitris_Half Is there a question? Maybe an accusation? Anything beyond free association wordplay? No? So why should i bother? Tell you what, ... .

[@SuperKillerdog]

But the friendship apps(Bumble BFF) are using the same model as dating apps, where you are looking for relationships.

[@tooeasy1504]

I see a bunch of closed minded guys who're likely friendless in the comments. You'll strike up a digital friendship playing COD, but draw a line on a BFF app. Some say you won't pay for a friend, but if you made a friend playing COD on PS5... you had to pay to access that friend on the PS network. 😄😄😄 Make it make sense...

[@the1stmetalhead]

The intention is the big deal. I pay for COD to play games, there’s no added pressure to make friends. And that is actually how genuine relationships are formed when they’re not forced unlike how tinder, bumble want you to act by seeking people specifically for a specific thing. Not keeping in mind that friendships are not purchased by swiping right on someone. The best friends I made in life was from attending a psychology workshop a few years back despite being a finance student. We are still friends to this date. Even though we all live very far away. We still talk every Friday on video/voice calls. And sometimes even plan trips together. I don’t understand how people don’t see that these apps don’t care about men’s friendship the only thing they care about is money which they’ll soon start charging to make friends just like they’ve done with their dating model.

[@tooeasy1504]

@@the1stmetalhead I kinda get your point, but you must be an older gentleman. Because if you're in your late teens to early 40's you'll know that meeting friends is close to impossible with work/life balance nowadays. We're living in a digital age where you can barely talk to a woman in person even she's conditioned to feel comfortable talking to guys online. The next evolution is meeting friends via an app. Of course the dating apps are going to switch their model to friendships as dating is in the toilet and men are going their own way.

[@xlynx9]

5:33 came here to say this just as the video said it. (Meeting 1 on 1 from an app with the gender you're not attracted to feels super weird).

[@tooeasy1504]

What's the difference if we exchanged info from KZbin because you liked my YT channel and we went out for a beer? Is that weird too? Or does your brain think we're meeting for ghay reasons? 😂🤦

[@shayan_idk]

this comment section is why im scared to meet people

[@nimo7576]

it's infomercial : paid by bumble and other social apps

[@nolanpolansky]

capitalism

[@TXFRWYGYPSY]

Gen Z. The only generation that can’t do basic humaning. They’ve normalized and become the creeps that the rest of us knew better as red flags.

[@mandisaw]

Sad to say, it's gotta be the parents' fault. These are the folks who grew up with no unstructured play time, were not allowed to travel on their own, even to/from school, and make it all the way to college & the workplace with no idea about how to initiate & maintain relationships. Most of what we call adulting is learned, and it requires practice, especially social skills. If ppl deep into their 20s are just starting to learn stuff that earlier generations learned in grade school, then we need to address that as a society. Not let corporate greed swoop in offering digital milksops.

[@skmanunited]

Keep your circle small and never let no squares in it

[@heinousanus9352]

Oh word bud!

[@ShidaiTaino]

What?

[@a.h.543]

@@ShidaiTaino what he meant was basically go to Mexico, join the CJNG, Sinaloa, or zetas cartel and butcher a few people. 😊

[@fcosta94]

I’m surprised they don’t mention about MLMs and how bumble biz and bumble bff are used by members of mlm to recruit victims

[@melonbar1042]

what's mlm?

[@MOBMJ]

I've been on bumble for 3 years and I have not meet anyone 🤬 IDK if its because of my height or because I look like a child with baby face but this is stupid. I'm a 21 year old Man who's had an uphill battle of medical struggles, since I was 5

[@ShidaiTaino]

Keep going at it and you’ll find someone. Eventually the baby face will mature. Also dating apps are like 70% male

[@zlam9872]

I am so sad to see this video, I mean seriously, with all the great achievements that we made as a society, did we really go down this far to actually use an app to make friends. Do you guys realize how dangerous the situation is. I am terribly sorry , but with all these technological advancements, people find it hard to make friends on real life. The question is : is technology making us lonely I think i’d rather go back to the Medieval era than to live in the current ‘Modern’ World.

[@the1stmetalhead]

Well said brother, these apps are exactly what caused the rise of loneliness among men and now they want to virtue signals like they care about men's mental health. When in reality they are the most toxic platform in the whole world.

[@zlam9872]

@@julm7744 Well these days, it feels like anything you say is offensive. I think i’d rather say anything than to have my freedom of expression taken away.

[@zlam9872]

@@the1stmetalhead Absolutely, these apps find a new segment, means more profit. That i understand. But people shoud be careful around these apps cuz it's dangerous

[@realnapster1522]

Because of too much work, Americans are tired and stressed out. Nobody has time to make friends.

[@jaychaudhry6461]

1:45 the stats are far much higher in reality. esp in case of men

[@CBQReview]

This not weird??? In what universe has it ever been hard for men to find friends. We might be doomed as a people 🤣

[@arnowisp6244]

At that point they ain't dating apps. They're meet ups.

[@tooeasy1504]

@Arno Wisp that's what they've always been. You swipe, you engage and you meet up with a female. Now it'll be to find a male friendship. Given most males don't have a close friend I say this is a good start

[@Comeback180]

CNBC read my mind I was just using dating/social apps 3 days ago to find more friends.

[@josephlalock8378]

😂

[@WhiteCarBlackWheels]

so real talk - did alex pass the test? are you going to hang out with him again?

[@Generallyannoyed2024]

Yeah, I tried bumble BFF and it was just other dudes trying to bang me. Great concept but poorly executed.

[@jazilzaim]

We need new products to hit the market to address these issues.

[@stevedice5963]

meetup and facebook are for making friends. dating apps are for dating.

[@the1stmetalhead]

Well the only reason they are getting into the whole friendship role is because men are learning that dating apps aren't for them and are leaving them in huge numbers, they'll be more successful in getting a date IRL. Then hopping onto a dating app which leaves them more lonely and depressed by the end. And since men are the major source of their revenue close 75%. It makes sense that they don't wanna lose that sweet money. But all this talk about is just virtue signalling and they actually don't care about men's loneliness they only care about their money.

[@iheohachisombillgate9583]

True

[@odinfatherofthor]

Men don't need that rubbish. We men a very simple, we can go outside and see a guy with the same sports team jersey as ours, buy him a beer and we are now friends. We don't even need to know the guy name. This is a woman issue and just a company trying to make more money off men.

[@ShidaiTaino]

A very naive, out of date, and sheltered comment

[@RiVer-Parish]

In my opinion meeting people online that you don't know is how people end up getting kidnapped, trafficked, and Killed!!!

[@tooeasy1504]

But you'll meet up with a stranger (woman) on a dating app? 🥴 How's this any different than befriending a guy at a bar and bar hopping? He's still a stranger. 😄 Women nowadays are setting men up on apps to be robbed or worse.

[@the1stmetalhead]

@@tooeasy1504 another reason why these apps are promoting toxic behaviour

[@RiVer-Parish]

@@the1stmetalhead Agreed

[@Watch-0w1]

I doubt that dating app work 4 making friends. U just judge people on look alone first. You never know that your best friend going to be some ugly ass guy ( that cool) Best way is by meeting people through activities online or offline

[@pimpnamedslickback7780]

Please stop using dating apps to meet friends. It’s for dating. There’s apps that are for friends

[@TheCzechBeers]

Bumble is no better than other "social" apps

[@tommydoezvidz7366]

I know I may come off as rude or something for say this but I just need to know, why bother even using a (DATING) app if you're looking not looking to date and your just looking for friends or not ready to date. I'm sorry if I come off as rude but if you're not looking to date or interested in dating someone or looking for a serious relationship why are you even on dating apps which is for dating? I've just come along so many profiles on these dating apps claiming (not looking to date to date, just friends only) and when a girl actually answers my DMs or messages me and is like "hi just so you know I'm only looking for friends and friends only" like if you're not interested just say it like If you're not looking to date why the hell are you even on a dating app then?

[@rudyrobertson1540]

It’s called a hobby 🤦🏼‍♂️ Not that hard to talk to people who are doing the same thing you are doing 🤣🤣🤣

[@PatLadsChan99]

It's hard to identify with other people when you find it hard to identify with yourself...

[@gordonoboh833]

Wouldn’t want the present dating model to be brought to friendship

[@the_moni_shill]

Making friends is too tough these days

[@jamesmichael239]

>We invented the nuclear family post WWII What a crock

[@Jim_Acosta]

Does CNBC support Patrick Allen after the said that an independent journalist at Davos 'needed punching out'?

[@thisishisalterego6617]

Lmao right when they started talking about how much they earned from the App. It says a lot about how they don’t care about men finding friends they care about the money. And at the end of the day these apps will only make men people lonely.

[@TenKurVynas]

title of this video says: "How Dating Apps Are Helping Men Make Friends" you mean these "friendship" apps are exclusively for men? women are not allowed there, or not using the apps, or those apps do not help women? sry i don't get it.

[@tooeasy1504]

Did you watch the video or just ran to the comments section?

[@Thed00dp00d]

How is this new? Women have been friend zoning guys that take them out and spend money on them since the inception of online dating. Hahahahah

[@UHaulShorts]

Title check: just read da 1st & last word

[@auro1986]

how? like friendship apps are doing the work of dating apps

[@onesilike9838]

Maybe putting down your phone and actually speaking to people in person might help in making friends.

[@LuciusKyrus]

And where are people suppose to meet new friends? Don't say at work because that's office boy mentality

[@keithstone2231]

" Men Make More Friends" Always an attack against men. People are waking up to these corporate agendas.

[@jtgd]

If that’s an attack, you need thicker skin. Imagine someone saying “men can make more friends” And taking offense to that? Sounds like you’re insecure. “CoRpOrAtE AgEndA” Like out of all the hills to die on, men making friends seems like a sad thing to get offended about

[@christianmindgames]

I’m glad people are catching on and talking out.

[@jtgd]

@@christianmindgames you seem like the kind of person who’d call men weak for talking about mental health. It’s not “an attack on men”. Grow up

[@juanwilliams3423]

@@jtgd it is an attack with the crony capitalism and variables at hand

[@cruzintheraw]

@J ... psychos and peds are what lurks on every dating or friends app... It's been proven... corporations use systems like 'reputation defender' to hide negative news about their biz... Join a local club or a local sports league of any kind... or why not connect with people you went to school with... Making friends is not hard... geerz...

[@johnsmith1882-x2i]

1:29 this lady seems super weird and fake

[@nikhilgovindam8967]

bumble as a dating app is fare better than tinder, tinder UI is kinda boring and outdated

[@the1stmetalhead]

All of them equally toxic and have done more harm to the self image, esteem and worth of so many men since their launch. Also their model of pay to get some success on them is even more disgusting.

[@MysteryKmt]

Pause.

[@g_1989]

so making friends with money what a mess just meet people and you dont get catfish i see so most people on there phones already now also with making friend i dont like that

[@danielvarga_p]

Thank you, it was a decent job.

[@fleshreap]

nah

[@Dee--Jay]

If frindship is all you want and not to date.... then it should be mor to it than swipe right or left

[@Crypto.com101]

Dating apps to me is entertainment just a past time it's a lot of fake people online and scammers And weirdo's

[@haloforgeguy453]

You can just meet people at work?

[@ee4life623]

Most of my coworkers are old or are already married with kids. I use these apps, but also go out to bars and stuff to meet people and that always works better than mobile apps. Shocker. 😅

[@AriraJackaon-ll4mm]

I have so many apps on my iPad.

[@curtiscox6469]

I call BS! Ok, "Liam Mays," if you're a real person, respond to this post accurately translating the following phrase: eye ham knot hey row bought. 🤨

[@carpelunam]

yeahhh no

[@DangerDave-e7u]

I don't like swiping on other dudes.

[@oftengone]

Fr lol

[@tooeasy1504]

@@oftengone man up. But you swipe on nuud dudes every week in str8 parwn 🥴

[@Yourbody_MYCHOICE]

If u r a man in the friendzone, just LEAVE the situation. Men don’t benefit in friendzone, women do. Don’t give ur attention and validation to a girl who doesn’t like u

[@chesterg.791]

Why just men?

[@mandisaw]

Men are more likely to make impulse purchases, and are more visually-oriented, both of which suit the app business model. Women have the same need for social circles, but usually will want the opportunity to get a "feel" for the person IRL before opening up lines of communication. Women also don't respond as strongly as men to just a photo, whether it's for dating or friendship.

[@samgold9151]

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[@Jyaer]

I chatted with a few

[@vandersteinmansion]

beth berger is cute ..tho #bumblethat