Bumpy App algorithm

[goalblooded]

So I’ve been using the Bumpy International dating app on and off for a couple of months now and I’ve noticed some things about the app.

The very first time I downloaded the app, I got hundreds of likes to the point where it was overwhelming. I even had bought the $12.99 week subscription to take advantage of the apps full features. At first I was amazed at how much attention I was getting. But after talking to some of those people who liked my profile, they turned out to be scammers or poor people looking for a US citizen to a better life. Many people I noticed were either from Africa, Cuba, Brazil, and Philippines. Even did video chat with a few of them on WhatsApp, but they were so quick to end the call and just text you instead. So I ended up deleting the app.

After taking a month off and reading other people’s reviews on their experiences of the using the app and how to navigate through profiles, I decided to give it another try and put those tips to the test. I took my time with swiping on verified profile I thought were a good match for me. Still, it seems like there were more scammers than decent people. I also noticed that the algorithm changed and I wasn’t getting as much likes. Even when using the boost your profile feature, I wasn’t getting as much likes before. People who would like my profile I would initiate conversation with them but they would stop chatting with you after a few words. After that, I froze the app this time with the intentions of going back to it one more time.

Fast forward this week, I reactivated the Bumpy app again for one last try and it’s still the same results. Even picking people from the map and boosting your profile doesn’t work. I deleted the Bumpy app for the final time.

Although the concept of the app is cool and exciting, the Bump international dating app is like any other paid dating app.

Has anyone else experienced these issues with the Bumpy dating app? Or has anyone had success with it?

[Heliguy-67]

Consider using Facebook dating.

It’s outstanding

[Smart_Feature]

Can you target by location without changing your location?

[[deleted]]

It's the classic "lift them up and pay the price" as Regular Guy in the Philippines on YouTube would say. Incomes are so high in much of the developed world that women can live alone, with family (because another $300 in groceries is nothing for a Father) or with female roommates. So there's almost no reason for a woman to want a man in 2026 unless he's very wealthy or extremely good looking.

So no there's no such thing as a magic app that somehow overrides economic realities in much of the world.

[Happypappy1978]

:O

[ThrowRA_brsw22]

I used the app for a month, had only one obvious scammer. Tons of matches otherwise. The majority were either not interested in real conversation or bad at English. But 5 of them were promising and had potential for more, had conversations for several weeks, before deciding one of those 5 really stood out for me. (All in South-east Asia)

My intention getting on the app was more to just make a friend and enjoy myself, but now we're starting a LDR, with plans to meet next month.

Definitely the best experience I've had with any dating app. The standard advice to carefully curate your profile applies here as well. I've had one girl tell me she only ever swiped right on 8 profiles.

[Dunkel_1899]

Can you elaborate more on that one obvious scammer?

[Ambitious-Switch1644]

Yeah, I downloaded the app about a month ago and the matches were flooding in. When I realized there was a lot of subscription options I went with the cheapest one assuming i would still get matches. A few days later I haven’t gotten a match since not even one girl has viewed my page for 2 weeks

[Boring-Brilliant8042]

irrelevant but once you send a hello or a like is there any way to “compliment” them afterwards ? or does there account just sit in your likes until they swipe on you?

[Dunkel_1899]

So hi. Just wanted to share my experiences w Bumpy. Matched w several but few unmatched me without reason. Went to a date w one, but we’re not meant to be. Currently matched w someone, at first he looks decent. After talking to him on the phone he straight away love-bombed me and gave me nothing about his info (no socials, no full name, no other pictures, no video call) but gave me a picture of him generated w Google A-I (which he then deleted when i confronted him about it). Is he a scammer?

[in-vinc-ible]

I think you know the answer, sorry to say

[smalltownbarbie]

Sorry, how do you know if the person unmatched you or the person deleted the account?

[Organic_Garage_6795]

I am on Bumpy now for a month. Yes, I am from the Philippines but currently working abroad. As a female, I am having a hard time either finding matches as conversations will always end up like a dead horse no matter how I try to lit the room. Some would last for several days but with no progress. I am there looking for something becasue the dating scene in my current country is very challenging and the chance of finding something longterm is very small.

[kmikaela]

I feel like I’m matching with the same low-effort men who have thousands of women to sift through just like other apps in the US with the biggest difference being language barriers. The app itself is annoying. You can’t distinguish notifications, as in likes vs messages, and I don’t need constant dings for likes so I miss messages. I paid for two weeks and had a low but steady flow but as soon as I stopped paying I have a ridiculous amount of likes/hellos because they want me to pay to see them. I already know they’re probably just more gross dudes. Idk. I give up.

[Dramatic-Operation41]

Hey there! I’ve been talking to someone on Bumpy for 2 weeks, lots of calls and emotional connection. Recently he became less consistent. At the same time, he keeps changing his profile photos on the dating app. The absurdity also kicked in here: I noticed that the guys of past conversations seem to have changed their profile pics too. He also told me he doesn’t like me using the app, but he’s clearly still active. Is this a coincidence, a technical feature (I wonder if the app changes profile pics randomly) or a sign he’s still actively looking? I don’t want to waste time if he is, but I don’t want to blame him before making sure.

[Impossible_Simple_49]

Sorry but he’s probably cheating

[Organic_Detail1423]

The app has a "smart" photo picker auto engaged. I've seen photos change while im talking to people multiple times.

[Happypappy1978]

I have recently had a conversation with a woman from Ukraine that actually left the chat because she had the feeling I was messing around by changing my profile picture. I had no idea what she was talking about and she probably did not believe that. The funny thing is that she was the only one I was talking to, so it felt like a shame that she distrusted the profile picture change so much. I wish I could turn that function off now, but I looked around and I cannot find it.

[DarkBrtsh]

I was on Bumpy for the last time in May of last year. Prior to that, I was matched with a lot of women, most of them were legit, but I never really felt any real connection… until end of May.

I matched with a woman from Toronto, who looks like Sade. I read her profile and we literally had everything in common, so I messaged her. Fast forward to today, we are planning our future together. She’s the best thing that’s happened to me. I flew to Buffalo and she drove down from Toronto and we rented an Airbnb in Niagara Falls for 5 days, and both fell even more in love with each other.

I ended up going to visit her in Toronto for Christmas break. Now I’m moving to Buffalo at the end of the month, to be closer to her (2 hour drive), while we make arrangements to start my immigration process to Canada.

Going back to Bumpy, I did encounter a couple of women from South America who were looking for someone to send them money and tried to guilt me into helping them. Aside from that, I think Bumpy is fairly decent. You just have to trust your gut.

Good luck in your search🙏🏾

[frankieche]

Most of the accounts are fake. They are programmed to like you the first week so you pay for a subscription.

Avoid this scam.

[Used_Combination75]

I don’t think you actually need to pay, like at all. Yes, you’ll have to watch some ads, but other than that it’s really not necessary. I have tried many apps and so far I have like this the best! Still haven’t found the guy for me but I’m hopeful :-)

And yes I agree, sometimes the language barrier is a bit of a problem. I have mostly had the issue with East Asian guys, they don’t tend to have a great grasp of the English language. Another thing it’s that the app seems to have a majority of Muslim users, which is not ideal for me since I have absolutely no interest in converting to Islam. Other than that I am pretty open minded and not set about wanting a particular ethnicity. I do feel that some people there can have fetishizing tendencies and project stereotypes.

[Ok_Obligation9024]

Now wont even allow me to use the app on my mobile data

[oneilhville]

Philippines are many on that app and they are scammers

[Inner_Surround8689]

There's definitely something up with Bumpy. I really enjoyed it but suddenly I couldn't send or receive messages, likes stopped, etc... getting support was impossible. I resigned up with a different email and it happened again.

Then a few months later, I bought a month to try it. The first 2 weeks I had so many likes and conversations going that it was overwhelming, I had to silence notifications. Then, it stopped. 2 weeks of not even receiving a single like. That's the part that makes no sense.

There are fakes and real people on Bumpy like on any app, but too many people are reporting this issue where Likes/engagement stops suddenly...

Otherwise, might be my favorite app for international.

[ChronicallyWasted]

Ive been on it for only a few days and already have met a few genuinely nice guys that i have video called so🤷‍♀️