Ghosting is the practice of ending a personal relationship with someone by withdrawing from all communication suddenly and without explanation. One of our bees dressed up in a ghostbusting costume to broadcast the message loud and clear: Ghosting is not acceptable on Bumble!

What do you do if you ghost someone on Bumble?

No pressure.Feel the feelings. When fresh off a ghosting, the best thing you can do for yourself is to allow yourself to feel all the things. Dont try to figure it out. Honestly, youll never know what happened. Phone a friend. Walk it off. Treat yourself. Notice any patterns.

Is it OK to ghost someone you havent met?

The general consensus seems to be that if you match with someone and they stop talking to you, even if its immediately, thats ghosting. Honestly though — and this may be a highly controversial opinion — I disagree. I dont think you can be ghosted by someone youve never met.

Does Bumble have a ghost mode?

We encourage you to go offline when you need to so that you can come back feeling great, whenever youre ready. Snooze Mode allows you to pause your activity on Bumble without losing your connections or chats. Snooze Mode hides your profile from potential matches for either 24 hours, 72 hours, a week, or indefinitely.

Does Unmatching on Bumble hurt you?

Bumble data shows most unmatches happen before chats even begin. So if youve noticed this happening to you, rest assured its not a reflection of you as a person! But being unmatched after a good chat or a date is different. We know this can hurt, which is why we introduced our Unmatched feature.

Why do people ghost before dates?

Rachel Russo, a New York City matchmaker and dating/relationship coach, thinks that it has to do with the ghosters unwillingness to deal with tough situations. “People ghost because its easier to fade away than to deal with the inconvenient truth of their lack of interest and/or emotional unavailability.