Since Bumble’s launch in 2014, only women could initiate conversations in heterosexual matches on the app Bumble on Tuesday said it would begin allowing either person in a match to send the first message, dropping the women-first messaging rule that has been a defining feature of the dating ...
Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/11/bumble-women-first-message-rule-change)