[nerdjon]

The article did say that it as a straight male he was not going to talk about LTBTQ+ apps.

That being said, Grindr by its very nature removes the balance issue in this particular sense. But Grindr is also a "dating" app by App Store description alone and is really not its primary use.

Have I had dates off of Grindr? Yes... But they are the exception. So looking at Grindr as a fix is not the way to go, it was very clearly not designed with that in mind (If when I talk to any of my straight male friends about Grindr is any indication)

That and... Grindr has its own major issues fueled by how its designed to be very much not a dating app.

[dag11]

Grindr has been moving more and more into the "dating app" territory. As of last month they introduced the ability to pin multiple Spotify songs to your profile just like on Tinder. That doesn't aid hooking up, that aids self expression and find other users you relate to.

[nerdjon]

Yeah they have added some features that are more tied to friends or dating. But those are by far the exception after of years calling themselves a dating app.

It wasn't that long ago that they added the "Accepts NSFW" profile option. Expiring photos (if you do ultimate).

The Spotify one actually took me off guard when I saw that added, struggled with seeing the point until I remembered that some people do actually use it for another purpose.

My biggest issue with calling Grindr a dating app though is its focus on superficial (great for hooking up). But your profiles have a severe limitation on how much information you can put on them. Compared to something like OKCupid that makes me think of old myspace pages which could have a near unending amount of information.

An update or 2 ago they finally added tags which has been a bit helpful, but still only good for quick things.

[dag11]

I still haven't figured out what tags are useful for tbh. Are we able to filter by tags? Are there any common sets of tags besides the three they suggest (e.g. #sayhi)?

[nerdjon]

Sadly you can't filter by it, but it does kinda make sense since it is freeform so not sure how valuable search would be for that. I just have #gaymer and #geek for mine