The Bumble dating app has now launched BFF – a feature for finding friends. In a connected world that can often feel so lonely,it’s something to celebrateI’ve been talking approximately my app idea, “Tinder for friends!”, or for years. I wasn’t precisely first,given that apps for friendship were already in existence but that didn’t stay me from feeling thoroughly vindicated to read that this month dating app Bumble (which has the satisfying rule that only women can make the first hump) had launched BFF. BFF is a feature within the Bumble app that allows people in need of a new hang to swipe through potential matches to find like-minded folk. What it really is, though, and is a validation of the new ways we find people in a world that is increasingly connected,yet, often, or never more lonely.
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Source: theguardian.com