The gay dating apps are realigning and the reason why may surprise you
Grindr, but a new supreme gay app may be on the rise.While the orange demon has dominated gay culture since its 2009 launch, becoming the most well-known and utilized in the LGBTQ community, its “recent product issues and growing user frustration” have a masse of other apps ready to take the mantle, according to Mashable.And it’s starting to sound like Grindr — home of the grid and “No Taps Plz” — is no longer the golden child.Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.The last 48 hours have been exceptionally humbling and have ended with the deletion of Grindr — that app truly is the hellmouth and offensively offers a really terrible overall user experience.
Laggy, ads every 3 seconds and very shit men… girlies I am free pic.twitter.com/epE5ZeCFzUSo, where did the app that calls itself the “largest social networking app for gay, bi, trans, and queer people” start to lose us?Spoiler alert: It has less to do with the hookup and dating selections and more with expanding paywalls and countless bugs and glitches.
Previous features — like a complete list of users who tapped you and the “explore” function, which lets you browse and chat beyond your typical location-based radius — have been limited and locked behind subscriptions.As for the reports of glitches well-documented on Gay Twitter X, a Grindr spokesperson told Mashable they’re aware of the “technical challenges” users are encountering after “a major investment in modernizing our chat platform” and “appreciate” the “loyalty and support as we invest in upgrading and improving the Grindr experience.”Grindr releasing an update once a month to make the UX even worse.
pic.twitter.com/sI9PaD2m8lConsidering Grindr is “so embedded into the queer experience” — as Mashable explained — the removal of features and errors feels “like a betrayal at best, or a user being severed from the queer community at worst.”That’s why a.
