Hotter on Bumble, Part 2

Why Oh Why

Andrea Silenzi

Personal Journals, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2017

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

If our potential matches on Bumble feel hotter than other apps, who's making that decision? What does this mean for us normals? Reynald Adolphe caught our eye with his blog post: "Is Bumble's Algorithm Filtering Ugly People?" He is a software engineer and teaches other people how to be engineers, too. He tweets: @reynaldadolphe Chris Volinsky was part of the winning team for the Netflix Prize to develop a better recommender system. He's assistant vice president of big data research at AT&T, and he tweets: @statpumpkin To discuss this week's episode, head to facebook.com/whyohwhyradio or tweet with #whyohwhy. You can find Andrea on Twitter as @andreasilenzi. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Panoply.
0:03.0	Pannably.
0:05.0	Hey, it's Andrea.
0:07.0	I just want to quickly welcome any new listeners who just found our show from the longest
0:11.2	shortest time. You and I are both huge fans of that
0:14.7	podcast and of Hillary Frank. We share this and today's episode you should know is
0:19.6	part of a two-part series. It's all about the dating app Bumble. So I get back one episode if you want to hear the full story.
0:26.3	I'm glad you're here.
0:29.8	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:33.2	Previously on YAWY.
0:39.2	There's a noticeable difference in how attractive girls are on bumble versus other apps.
0:44.0	The thing is on bumble, all the men are super attractive.
0:46.7	They're all like supermodel quality girls.
0:49.5	I've heard guys say they go on bumble because the girls are hotter on Bumble.
0:53.0	Felt like a PR like package or something like that.
0:57.0	Bumble is at Coachello this week, where they've created what they call Winter Bumble Land in the desert.
1:06.1	In their Instagram stories, you can see them taking selfies inside of an igloo.
1:10.6	There's fake snow, log cabin DJ booth, and a real ice luge.
1:15.0	And then there are the parties, with not one but two Kardashians. They have Kendall Jenner, who was recently in a Pepsi
1:25.8	commercial, the Trivialized Black Lives Matter, and Kylie Jenner who's here to
1:31.3	share this fascinating story about Bumble.
1:34.8	I was getting my nails done last week with my new nail tech, and I told her I was coming
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