Frequently Asked Questions

Bloom Community emphasizes organic, consent-oriented, community-centered connections rather than endless swiping. We believe meeting people within a shared cultural context is the key to success in forming meaningful intimate relationships.

Yes, many of our Members on the platform are open to casual encounters, but in today’s age of depersonalized swiping, we approach the human need for meeting new people a little differently. Our philosophy is that getting involved in your local non-monogamous and sex-positive community full of real humans is the best way to meet like-minded people and find potential partners, and Bloom Community is here to help you get started!

Each event has a description that will help you set expectations. We partner with event organizers to bring you a diverse collection of events to choose from. You can RSVP as “Going” or “Interested” in the Bloom Community app where you can see and connect with others who will be there. Once you RSVP, you will have access to a groupchat where you can interact with attendees and organizers beforehand and ask any questions you may have about the event, or even make arrangements such as carpooling.

Absolutely! Bloom is home to a large number of virtual events. If in-person events are not your thing, you can still use Bloom to find connection in a way that feels right for you.

Check the list of attendees and see if you have any buds going also. Sometimes people cancel at the last minute, or look different in person than in their photos. We encourage you to message your buds and make plans to meet at the event, or invite the buds you're excited about meeting but aren't on the guest list yet. Even if none of your buds show up, we hope you enjoy meeting the people who were there, and you'll be given an opportunity to become buds and stay in touch after.

When you join Bloom as a Member, you will have the ability to create your own events on the platform, including private events just for your friends. To begin, simply navigate to the “Events” tab and click to “+” sign next to the Bloom logo on the upper right corner. You will be taken to an event creation page where you will be asked to fill out a form with your event information. Once created, you can share your unique event link and referral code with your attendees to invite them to your page. If you are already a Member, you can go here to create an event.

Creating an Organization:

1. Click the "Create Organization" button on the Organization List page here.
2. Fill out your new organization’s details, upload a picture and click save!

Editing an Organization:

1. Log into the Bloom event management system.
2. Click on the Organizations item in the header.
3. Click “Edit” next to your organization.

Complete your profile! The most common reason we hear from our members about why they chose not to 💜 other members is because their profiles are not complete. Because this is a social community, our members want to know about you. This means taking some time to write about yourself, share your interests and passions and personality. It also means adding more photos - and don't forget to smile!

Come back each day at noon to see your five suggestions and 💜 the people you want to meet. Expanding your preferences and 💜ing more people will increase the chance that you'll get new buds. You can also 💜 people attending the events you want to go to, and if they 💜 you back, you'll become buds!

When you open the app, tap on the profile icon (it looks like 👤) at the bottom right of the screen. You should be able to see your profile. If you tap on the edit icon (it looks like ✏️) next to any of the fields you want to edit.

We require Bloom accounts to belong to one person. This is important because our members need to know who they are talking to when messaging each other. We support couples using Bloom and if you are looking to meet people as a couple, we suggest you:

1. Create a profile as an individual
2. Include an additional photo of both of you (not your first photo)
3. In your "About Me" state that you are looking to meet people as a couple

The account should reflect the person who will be messaging with people on Bloom (e.g., one person should not be messaging from what appears to be their partner's account).

No. Our leading community value is consent, which means "asking before escalating intimacy." We view showing genitals in your profile photo as a nonconsensual escalation of intimacy and we will delete accounts that have this. Since we aim to be a gender inclusive community, your shirtless photos are welcome here no matter what your gender identity is (#freethenipple!).

We ask members to report violations of our community values via our app reporting system. You can do this on the People tab, on the Chat tab, and on the event feedback screen after an event. There is a "..." on the right side; tapping on that will give you an option to report. You can also email feedback@joinbloom.community. We give extra weight to reports that include a specific community value that was violated with a description of how the value was violated. You can read our full reporting policy here.

We have a "real name, real photo" policy. Profiles need to have a full first name (not necessarily the name on your birth certificate, but the name you'd introduce yourself as at an event) and a photo that would allow people to recognize you. We strongly suggest that your first photo clearly show your face - transparency generally keeps our community safer, but we also recognize this is not always practical for members in certain professions. We also ask that each profile represents only one individual. Members need to know who they are messaging and who they will be meeting. Since we facilitate in-person meetings, this is for the safety of the community. Please do report profiles that do not clearly communicate the identity of the individual.

If you no longer want your profile to be visible on the app, there are a few things you can do:

1. To stop showing up in member Suggestions, you can toggle off "Include me in the People feed" in the Discovery settings of your profile.
2. To stop showing up in event pages in Bloom, refrain from RSVPing to events.
3. To delete your account entirely, go to Settings (gear icon) and select "Delete Account." You will lose all your chats and Buds - this cannot be reversed.

Ooh! We'd love to hear it. Please email feedback@joinbloom.community.

You can email us at support@joinbloom.community.