Last week, Los Angeles-based artist Cali Rockowitz discovered an interesting crack in the Bumble T-shirt regulations. After blocking her numerous attempts to hang photographs on a bracelet, the company told her that her attire would only be allowed if she wore it outside and if it was a plausible bikini.
Buzzfeed, who posted photos and went back and forth with Bumble representatives, reported that Rockowitz had first uploaded a version for Instagram portrait in tracksuit bottoms combined with a simple black bralette, set in a sunlit art studio in front of a canvas. On December 9, the company sent a standard message explaining that underwear is not allowed on the platform. After another attempt with an alternative image of the same shoot, in which her hair mostly covers her bralette, a representative told her that “she is fully allowed to have a bikini or a shirtless photo,” but only in the open air. . “If you’re inside, it looks too much like underwear,” they wrote. After Rockowitz posted about Calvary in his Instagram stories, Bumble removed a photo from him more than a month ago. a jacket and pants, with a bralette replacing the shirt.
Bumble does not explicitly detail its foundation its guidelines, but the inner rule is part of Bumble’s 2016 statutes written around bathroom selfies, an attempt to soar above Tinder.
“In 2016 we banned shirtless bathroom mirror selfies in response to comments from our Bumble community,” a representative wrote in a statement sent to Gizmodo, adding that “our research showed that the profiles that included these kind of photos were the most slippery left. ” ” (At theinitial slip is the bad.) Bumble added that the policy applies to all sexes.
“Swimsuit photos are acceptable if you are out by the pool or on the beach, as you are in a natural setting to wear a bathing suit,” the rep continued. In other words, the sternum can only be shown if its intention is pure.
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Rockowitz Editioned the bralette-and-suit photo, so it looked like it was in front of the Piramides of Giza and Mount Rushmore, though Bumble remained in position, noting that they could detect the deception.
“This photo has been photographed with photos, it was not originally taken outside,” a representative for DM told him.
Bumble seems unlikely to be anxious to open the floodgates to less chaste images, as platforms have spent years in their strenuous efforts to control breasts and nipples and their context. Bumble has opted for its reputation being the SFW app and last year, Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd supported a Texas policy that banned unsolicited cock images (“lewd” photos).
Gizmodo has reached out to Rockowitz for feedback and will update the post if we find out again.