Last week, artist Cali Rockowitz in Los Angeles uncovered an interesting void in Bumble’s shirt regulations. After blocking her numerous attempts to upload photos in a bralette, the company told her that her clothing would only be allowed if she posed in it and if it was a believable bikini.
Buzzfeed, who posted photos and back-and-forth with Bumble representatives, report that Rockowitz uploads an Instagram-friendly for the first time portrait in tracksuit bottoms paired with a simple black bralette, in a sunlight art studio in front of a canvas. On December 9, the company sent a standard message explaining that underwear may not be on the platform. After another attempt at an alternative image from the same recording, in which her hair mostly covers the bralettes, a representative told her that she was ‘allowed to wear a bikini or shirtless photo’, but only in square aire. “When you’re indoors, it looks too much like underwear,” they wrote. After Rockowitz posted about the ordeal on her Instagram stories, Bumble deleted another month-old photo of her a jacket and trousers, with a bralette replacing the shirt.
Bumble does not explicitly state the rationale his guidelines, but the indoor rule is part of Bumble’s 2016 bywette written around self-bathrooms, an attempt to elevate itself above Tinder.
“In 2016, we banned a selfie with a shirtless bathroom mirror in response to feedback from our Bumble community,” a representative wrote in a statement to Gizmodo, adding that “our research has shown that profiles, including the type photos, most skipped. ”(A left swiep is the bad one.) Bumble added that the policy applies to all generations.
“Photos of swimming trunks are acceptable when you are outside by the pool or on the beach, as you are wearing swimming trunks in a natural setting,” the representative continued. In other words, you can only show your sternum if your intention is pure.
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Rockowitz editsave the bralette-and-suit photo so she appears to be in front of the Pyramids of Giza and Mount Rushmore, but Bumble held on to his position and further noted that they could track down the fraudsters.
“That photo was photoshopped, it was not originally taken outside,” a representative told her.
It seems unlikely that Bumble will be eager to open the floodgates for less chaste images, as platforms for years in their intricate efforts to the breasts and nipples of the police and their context. Bumblebee won his reputation was the SFW app, and last year Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd backed up a Texas policy banning unsolicited photos (‘ugly’ photos).
Gizmodo has reached out to Rockowitz for comment and will update the message when we hear it.