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Bumble's new CEO is already leaving the company months after killing its signature feature (fortune.com)
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[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Did that ever...work?

[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 1 points 11 minutes ago (1 children)

Probably, considering that it was enough to get the company to the point that it could go public. And for the company to lose 54% of its "value" after changing it.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 minutes ago

So it got enough eyes on the platform to serve them ads or subscriptions or whatever their monetization strategy was...did the product ever once function as advertised?