Discussion on Grindr App + "right now" function (compiled)

[Latte]

I do get quite a few PRCs on blued. The type that asks to chat on whatsapp. I think they are fishing for hp nos and will stop chatting.

[Leanmeat]

On 8/27/2020 at 6:07 AM, Guest Blank said:

Just meet up with him for some good session before transferring your money over to him lol

U must be kidding. They dont do meetups. They only want you to add them either Line or watsapp to chat. 

[Leanmeat]

20 hours ago, tinkermybutt said:

Nothing harm done ..they are just looking for partner and friend.⚘

Hahahaa....

What a joke. 

[timber_wolf]

do people recommend exploring your sexuality on grindr? 

[Guest virtual]

2 hours ago, timber_wolf said:

do people recommend exploring your sexuality on grindr? 

If exploring your sexuality virtually works for you, and you don't need any physical contact, then why not?

 

But you wouldn't find answers to your true sexual orientation with grindr.

[timber_wolf]

-

 

 

 

Edited December 14, 2020 by timber_wolf

[begleitung]

On 11/19/2018 at 2:15 AM, Guest social said:

Grindr, Tinder, Hornet alike is just a hookup App period. Most are shallow, dishonest and unfaithful type of people. Noting different than going to gay type of places to look for sex.

 

If you want to make sincere friends, looking for date etc, you should join other social or sport activities. 

Best info

[singalion]

News about Grindr...

 

 

the Guardian

 

Tue 10 May 2022

Gay dating app Grindr to float in $2.1bn deal

Company, which has 10.8 million monthly active users, aims to hire LGBTQ+ chief executive

 

 

Grindr launched in 2009 and specialises in dating among the LGBTQ+ community. Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters

Mark Sweney

Tue 10 May 2022 12.06 BSTLast modified on Wed 11 May 2022 05.08 BST

Grindr plans to float through a merger with a so-called Spac investment company in a deal that values the gay dating app at $2.1bn (£1.7bn).

 

The app will receive $384m as part of the deal with Tiga Acquisition Corp (TAC), the Singapore-based special purpose acquisition company (Spac) – also known as a “blank cheque” shell company that raises money first and seeks businesses to buy later.

 

Grindr, which launched in 2009 and specialises in dating among the LGBTQ+ community, had 10.8 million monthly active users last year. Of these 723,000 paid for one of its subscription services, called Xtra and Unlimited, with paying users up 31% over 2020.

 

 

The average amount of time users spend on the app each day hit 61 minutes in December and 80% of profiles on Grindr are 35 years old or younger – with just 11% aged 41 or older – according to the company’s investor presentation. The company’s revenues rose 30% last year to $147m – and it expects growth of between 35% and 40% this year – and made $77m in adjusted profits.

 

The valuation is more than triple the $608m that owner San Vicente Acquisition paid for Grindr two years ago. Grindr said that as part of the deal, which will result in existing shareholders owning about 78% of the company, the chief executive, Jeff Bonforte, would step down.

 

“It has been the longstanding goal of Grindr’s current ownership and management that Grindr be led by members of the LGBTQ+ community,” the company said in a statement announcing the deal. “Working together, Grindr’s board and management have identified and been in discussions with a potential new chief executive officer candidate who would bring a depth and breadth of experience across technology, finance, and management, including time spent in an executive leadership role at a public company.”

 

Grindr, which is based in West Hollywood, California, and Tiga said the deal may require clearance from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), which vets deals for potential national security risks.

 

In 2019, CFIUS ordered the Chinese gaming company Kunlun Tech Co, then owner of Grindr, to sell the company over concerns that personal data of US users could be accessed and used by China’s government. The company sold Grindr a year later for $608m.

 

The deal means Grindr will join the much larger $20bn Match group, which owns dating brands including Tinder and Hinge and has about 100 million users in total, and Bumble, which has about 40 million users, as publicly listed dating apps.

 

 

[Guest Agony]

Recently started using Grindr (for the first time) and noticing a lot of people initiate chat with me 

 

1. no dp

2. Bod pic as dp

3. wear face mask as dp

 

fair enough I understand they have their own privacy 

 

Nvm so I politely ask for a face pic and majority of them deliberately divert/avoid the question while some block me after I request for a face pic…

 

so since then I have decided not to response to anybody whose profile is not proper. 
 

 

[BudakFit]

It is norm..some worse use many years pics haha yah catfish be careful...that this why you in control...if they ask dick pic ask for meet up n see...don't share or send it...be smart if that dude wanna see or never see a big anaconda before ask for meet up...so it is fair.....

 

Some is discreet some know that colleagues or cousins or relatives or uncles... also use this app..that is why they just show bod. Use the timer or exchange telegram or software that have timer. That way anything you send by timer. Don't send dick. Anything else can. 

 

It is norm they will block you but time to time they unblock and forget so when they text again block them haha I always remember who n who...so everytime you upload new pics these fuckers or catfish they forget or can't recall coz no face haha that is a good opportunity to play them back...they just sad life lah...pity...

 

Nevertheless it is your choice...just be wise smart and your way of fun to those catfish or block you before ...karma will always get them want ..haha..you do to people...people will do you back...it is so fair...

[Guest Agony]

On 6/18/2022 at 3:08 AM, BudakFit said:

It is norm..some worse use many years pics haha yah catfish be careful...that this why you in control...if they ask dick pic ask for meet up n see...don't share or send it...be smart if that dude wanna see or never see a big anaconda before ask for meet up...so it is fair.....

 

Some is discreet some know that colleagues or cousins or relatives or uncles... also use this app..that is why they just show bod. Use the timer or exchange telegram or software that have timer. That way anything you send by timer. Don't send dick. Anything else can. 

 

It is norm they will block you but time to time they unblock and forget so when they text again block them haha I always remember who n who...so everytime you upload new pics these fuckers or catfish they forget or can't recall coz no face haha that is a good opportunity to play them back...they just sad life lah...pity...

 

Nevertheless it is your choice...just be wise smart and your way of fun to those catfish or block you before ...karma will always get them want ..haha..you do to people...people will do you back...it is so fair...

Haha about the old pic!! I encountered one funny incident

this guy sent me a photo of him which was obviously taken indoor and then people in the background wasn’t wearing mask and obviously the photo was taken like idk how many years pre covid…… 

 

[BudakFit]

That is why be careful. If they want the real deal they better be real if not they won't get what they seek. It is your body,your cock, your ass. You control that not anyone haha  

 

Unless you have a Master Dom Daddy like me then that is different story haha 

[singalion]

For Daddy lovers (haha).

 

Grindr is the daddy of today’s dating apps – it wasn’t just about simpler hookups

Justin Myers

 

Thu 18 Aug 2022

 

LGBTQ+ people blazed a trail with swipe culture, which fulfils a genuine need for those who are less confident or conventional

 

 

 

Disco. Brunch. Iced coffee. All beloved by the gay community way before they went mainstream. Similarly, no celebration of a decade of dating apps would be complete without acknowledging that the LGBTQ+ community ran to a different calendar there, too.

 

The daddy of our contributions to now-ubiquitous swipe culture is the infamous Grindr, launched in 2009 and originally designed to coordinate hookups between likeminded gentlemen tired of chatting on glitchy websites or over discounted cocktails in samey bars. Grindr’s runaway success wasn’t just down to cutting out various dating-world middlemen, it also fulfilled a genuine need for the LGBTQ+ community.

 

Marginalised people have always found sanctuary on the internet, scurrying to secluded corners to be better understood by those who shared their distinctive struggles, kinks or slightly nerdy hobbies; all things that might be mocked by the more conventionally attractive bantersauruses roaming our school corridors and haunting the chain pubs on our high streets. The walled gardens of early hookup apps also offered protection. There was no chance of barking up the wrong tree, or the immediate fear of physical violence. The rules of engagement were crystal clear and all but unspoken: the only prerequisite for entry was that you understood why you were there.

 

In 2011, the founder of Grindr, Joel Simkhai, launched Blendr, to include women and straight men, beating all-in apps like Tinder by a full year. “Are there women out there who want to semi-randomly meet and hook up with guys just because those guys are good-looking and located close enough to them that it would be convenient to do so?” asked HuffPost, incredulously. Imagine! The answer was not really. Not yet.

 

Although looking for sex on the internet wasn’t a new idea, Blendr distanced itself from its little yellow sibling and positioned itself as an app for “friendship”, confusing straight people more accustomed to making friends on social media rather than specialist apps. Tinder’s later success perhaps hinged on being more upfront about its romantic intentions. Either way, Blendr was soon hijacked by gay and bi men seeking … each other, with a veneer of respectability that Grindr’s reputation as a knocking shop didn’t offer.

 

Complaining about the “state of the apps” is now a rite of passage for everyone, and LGBTQ+ users road-tested the uglier side of virtual interactions: from scolding each other for requesting nudes without a decent prelude; or imploring potential mates to “say more than just hi”; to enduring, then screenshotting and sharing, racism, fetishisation, fatphobia, transphobia and ageism, to name just a few. Calling out these behaviours may not have lasered them out of existence, but there’s been a definite shift toward kindness, and an understanding that noxious creeps won’t be tolerated.

 

Nostalgic romantics will tell you pulling is best done in real life. A ritual meant to be performed in packs, where chemistry can brew and sparks can flare and any losers can be weeded out by your supporting crew. All well and good if you’re popular and live in a big city. Elsewhere, the LGBTQ+ scene is likely to be much reduced and underfunded, if it exists at all. Coming-of-age dramas are packed with brash, sprightly upstarts who jump on trains with all their belongings in a backpack, but for the shy and retiring, the financially stretched or those perfectly happy in the provinces, it’s not an option. The apps provided a space for those still curious about what was out there and who might struggle with the cut and thrust of IRL courtship rituals.

 

Just as the squeakiest wheels always get the oil, the ripped torsos no doubt receive the most attention, but dating apps still forge communities among those who don’t fit that aesthetic, and they’ve been an important place for anyone struggling with their sexuality, or unable to live authentically publicly. Toxic arseholes aside, there has always been a sense that there’s someone out there for everyone and specialist apps carry a “take me as you find me” attitude that has perhaps been missing from real life interactions.

 

Away from the sneers of peers, people were more willing to give each other a go. You could shoot your shot and, as long as you’d been respectful, hold your head high in the face of rejection. Listing your (harmless) likes and dislikes might seem cold and distant to a casual observer, but those who might otherwise have been ignored slowly managed to find each other.

 

For lonely people, or those less able, less body confident, or less conventional, getting yourself in the room in the first place was always the hardest part. With dating apps, the room came to you – and so for once, you had the chance to own it.

 

 

 

Edited August 19, 2022 by singalion

[singalion]

On 8/19/2022 at 4:25 PM, singalion said:

For Daddy lovers (haha).

 

Grindr is the daddy of today’s dating apps – it wasn’t just about simpler hookups

Justin Myers

 

Thu 18 Aug 2022

 

LGBTQ+ people blazed a trail with swipe culture, which fulfils a genuine need for those who are less confident or conventional

 

 

 

Disco. Brunch. Iced coffee. All beloved by the gay community way before they went mainstream. Similarly, no celebration of a decade of dating apps would be complete without acknowledging that the LGBTQ+ community ran to a different calendar there, too.

 

The daddy of our contributions to now-ubiquitous swipe culture is the infamous Grindr, launched in 2009 and originally designed to coordinate hookups between likeminded gentlemen tired of chatting on glitchy websites or over discounted cocktails in samey bars. Grindr’s runaway success wasn’t just down to cutting out various dating-world middlemen, it also fulfilled a genuine need for the LGBTQ+ community.

 

Marginalised people have always found sanctuary on the internet, scurrying to secluded corners to be better understood by those who shared their distinctive struggles, kinks or slightly nerdy hobbies; all things that might be mocked by the more conventionally attractive bantersauruses roaming our school corridors and haunting the chain pubs on our high streets. The walled gardens of early hookup apps also offered protection. There was no chance of barking up the wrong tree, or the immediate fear of physical violence. The rules of engagement were crystal clear and all but unspoken: the only prerequisite for entry was that you understood why you were there.

 

In 2011, the founder of Grindr, Joel Simkhai, launched Blendr, to include women and straight men, beating all-in apps like Tinder by a full year. “Are there women out there who want to semi-randomly meet and hook up with guys just because those guys are good-looking and located close enough to them that it would be convenient to do so?” asked HuffPost, incredulously. Imagine! The answer was not really. Not yet.

 

Although looking for sex on the internet wasn’t a new idea, Blendr distanced itself from its little yellow sibling and positioned itself as an app for “friendship”, confusing straight people more accustomed to making friends on social media rather than specialist apps. Tinder’s later success perhaps hinged on being more upfront about its romantic intentions. Either way, Blendr was soon hijacked by gay and bi men seeking … each other, with a veneer of respectability that Grindr’s reputation as a knocking shop didn’t offer.

 

Complaining about the “state of the apps” is now a rite of passage for everyone, and LGBTQ+ users road-tested the uglier side of virtual interactions: from scolding each other for requesting nudes without a decent prelude; or imploring potential mates to “say more than just hi”; to enduring, then screenshotting and sharing, racism, fetishisation, fatphobia, transphobia and ageism, to name just a few. Calling out these behaviours may not have lasered them out of existence, but there’s been a definite shift toward kindness, and an understanding that noxious creeps won’t be tolerated.

 

Nostalgic romantics will tell you pulling is best done in real life. A ritual meant to be performed in packs, where chemistry can brew and sparks can flare and any losers can be weeded out by your supporting crew. All well and good if you’re popular and live in a big city. Elsewhere, the LGBTQ+ scene is likely to be much reduced and underfunded, if it exists at all. Coming-of-age dramas are packed with brash, sprightly upstarts who jump on trains with all their belongings in a backpack, but for the shy and retiring, the financially stretched or those perfectly happy in the provinces, it’s not an option. The apps provided a space for those still curious about what was out there and who might struggle with the cut and thrust of IRL courtship rituals.

 

Just as the squeakiest wheels always get the oil, the ripped torsos no doubt receive the most attention, but dating apps still forge communities among those who don’t fit that aesthetic, and they’ve been an important place for anyone struggling with their sexuality, or unable to live authentically publicly. Toxic arseholes aside, there has always been a sense that there’s someone out there for everyone and specialist apps carry a “take me as you find me” attitude that has perhaps been missing from real life interactions.

 

Away from the sneers of peers, people were more willing to give each other a go. You could shoot your shot and, as long as you’d been respectful, hold your head high in the face of rejection. Listing your (harmless) likes and dislikes might seem cold and distant to a casual observer, but those who might otherwise have been ignored slowly managed to find each other.

 

For lonely people, or those less able, less body confident, or less conventional, getting yourself in the room in the first place was always the hardest part. With dating apps, the room came to you – and so for once, you had the chance to own it.

 

 

 

 

The problem arises when there is a sort of monopoly.

 

While I don't agree to all in the article above, there are some truths.

 

Unfortunately, grindr has killed on the way some other apps that were more relevant into bonding, long term relationship search and non sexual gay searches or you can see a huge decline in the "usership" of these other apps around.

 

 

The most surprising to me always was that grindr did not take much care to improve the app with features that are common for other apps.

While from time to time grindr runs some feedback on what you would wish to change (it is listed somewhere on their website), nothing much so far has been implemented.

 

The latest move of scaling down the profiles featured on the "New faces" seems to be not very persuasive also.

 

I wonder how many sign up for the paid version?

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Westsg30]

Anyone knows Stanley stay at Bukit Panjang?

[Guest DereLickDick]

Nowadays har.....90% of the time when a particular ethnicity messaged me on this dating app.....they will soon tell me they are MB, or they are NOT MB but they need money for cigarettes or beer.

 

2 other reasons I heard this far - (1) I am flying home and I used all my money to buy air ticket, please help me. (2) my family member died and I gave all my salary.  I dont have money to stay anywhere, so book me a hotel to stay for the night

[TopChinese]

(3) The water buffalo in my village died. I need money to support my wife and family through the low season. 

[Guest DereLickDick]

All versions of their story cannot believe......trying to exploit you based on sympathy 

[singalion]

9 hours ago, Guest DereLickDick said:

Nowadays har.....90% of the time when a particular ethnicity messaged me on this dating app.....they will soon tell me they are MB, or they are NOT MB but they need money for cigarettes or beer.

 

2 other reasons I heard this far - (1) I am flying home and I used all my money to buy air ticket, please help me. (2) my family member died and I gave all my salary.  I dont have money to stay anywhere, so book me a hotel to stay for the night

 

Do you have a rolex watch or LV bag as your grindr profile pic?

 

[Guest Guest]

11 hours ago, Guest DereLickDick said:

Nowadays har.....90% of the time when a particular ethnicity messaged me on this dating app.....they will soon tell me they are MB, or they are NOT MB but they need money for cigarettes or beer.

 

2 other reasons I heard this far - (1) I am flying home and I used all my money to buy air ticket, please help me. (2) my family member died and I gave all my salary.  I dont have money to stay anywhere, so book me a hotel to stay for the night

What is MB?

[Cookieeee Monster]

30 minutes ago, Guest Guest said:

What is MB?

I used to think it meant Mercedez Benz.

[Guest MB冰冰]

14 hours ago, Cookieeee Monster said:

I used to think it meant Mercedez Benz.

It is!

 

I always drive my MB around and let MB come in.  I fuck the shit out of the MB in my MB, then MB leaves my MB and I leave the MB in my MB.

[Guest gUEST]

14 hours ago, Cookieeee Monster said:

I used to think it meant Mercedez Benz.

So what is MB

[Cookieeee Monster]

2 hours ago, Guest gUEST said:

So what is MB

Money boy lah! 

[Guest DereLickDick]

I was at the coffee shop and this Bangaladesh guy in working boots was queueing for a drink.

 

So good physique and looks!

 

Aiyo....all these guys should be taught how to use dating apps like Grindr.  Then I would have quickly logged on just now to say hi.....

[Guest DerrLickDick]

We talked a lot about IT skills and lifelong learning.  These guys should be trained to use Grindr mah.....

 

We must feedback in dialogue sessions.

 

 

[Cookieeee Monster]

3 hours ago, Guest MB冰冰 said:

It is!

 

I always drive my MB around and let MB come in.  I fuck the shit out of the MB in my MB, then MB leaves my MB and I leave the MB in my MB.

Wahahahahhaaaq

[memberx]

OK, so a few weeks ago, I decided to try out the free "right now" session on the app.
It was a Sunday afternoon.

I was truly surprised by the results.

For that hour or so, I was receiving a lot of messages. As expected, some were located further than usual compared to the regular grid.

 

Now, I am thinking it is a ploy by Grindr.
Make the free trial session so good, that you will be tempted to pay for more sessions.

Curious about other people's experiences with this.

 

[Balestier]

12 minutes ago, memberx said:

OK, so a few weeks ago, I decided to try out the free "right now" session on the app.
It was a Sunday afternoon.

I was truly surprised by the results.

For that hour or so, I was receiving a lot of messages. As expected, some were located further than usual compared to the regular grid.

 

Now, I am thinking it is a ploy by Grindr.
Make the free trial session so good, that you will be tempted to pay for more sessions.

Curious about other people's experiences with this.

 

I gave up on grindr already. Too much advert or getting you to pay for subscription.

Did u get what u wanted ? Or is it just a waste of time?

[MasterFitMalaySG4U]

Yes it is useful on the spot meet up so far so good haha 

[mate69]

Wondering how many of you have heard of Sniffies before?

Is it available in Singapore/Asia?

[cbm]

I feel that the Right Now feature in Grindr was introduced to compete better with Sniffies, because that's how Sniffies behaves by default. 

 

For me, the Right Now feature in Grindr is to browse more profiles in further locations that I would not be able to due to limits of the free version. The normal grid only shows those nearby.

 

@mate69 yes you can use Sniffies in Singapore. It's a website, not an app. 

[And then]

I just downloaded "grind now" app (android). It is supposed to be grindr without some of the restrictions, eg can change location, and unlimited profile views?

 

Not sure whether to actually use it or not