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Grindr, launched in 2009, is the largest social networking app for gay, bi, trans, and queer people.<ref>''Grindr About Page'', https://www.grindr.com/about/</ref> Grindr was the first gay dating app to launch on the iTunes App Store,<ref>" | Grindr, launched in 2009, is the largest social networking app for gay, bi, trans, and queer people.<ref>''Grindr About Page'', https://www.grindr.com/about/</ref> Grindr was the first gay dating app to launch on the iTunes App Store,<ref>" | ||
| − | Grindr was the first big dating app for gay men. Now it’s falling out of favor. ", Jon Shadel, December 6th, 2018, https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2018/12/06/grindr-was-first-big-dating-app-gay-men-now-its-falling-out-favor/</ref> and has four million daily active users in 200 countries. The app uses geolocation through mobile device's hardware to display people from nearest to furthest away from proximity to the user.<ref> " The best LGBTQ dating apps for Android and iOS", https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/best-lgbt-dating-apps/, Steven Winkelman, February 6, 2020</ref> | + | Grindr was the first big dating app for gay men. Now it’s falling out of favor. ", Jon Shadel, December 6th, 2018, https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2018/12/06/grindr-was-first-big-dating-app-gay-men-now-its-falling-out-favor/</ref> and has four million daily active users in 200 countries. The app uses geolocation through mobile device's hardware to display people from nearest to furthest away from proximity to the user.<ref> " The best LGBTQ dating apps for Android and iOS", https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/best-lgbt-dating-apps/, Steven Winkelman, February 6, 2020</ref> |
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| + | Grindr has free or subscription-based versions, which offers different capabilities. The objective of the app is to garner relationships (sexual, romantic, friendships, or networking) based on locational distance. There are filtering options, where people can choose the app to show people within desired height ranges, weight ranges, age ranges, ethnicities, and other descriptors.<ref name ="Grindr Help">"I have a specific type. How do I search using filters?", Grindr Help Center, https://help.grindr.com/hc/en-us/articles/224271948-I-have-a-specific-type-How-do-I-search-using-filters-</ref> | ||
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| + | ==History and Use== | ||
| + | Grindr was created by tech entrepreneur Joel Simkai in Los Angeles, California. <ref> " ", Israeli Founder of Grindr Talks About Growing Up Gay and Coming Out to His Family, Doron Halutz,Jun 28, 2016, https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/culture/the-israeli-loins-behind-grindr-1.5253351 </ref> The app started as an Apple app as of March 25th, 2009. There were online dating services before Grindr, such as gaydar<ref>"Gay Dar", https://www.gaydar.net/ </ref>, but they were web based platforms and not available as mobile apps which used GPS location data. | ||
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Revision as of 21:45, 12 March 2020
Grindr
Grindr, launched in 2009, is the largest social networking app for gay, bi, trans, and queer people.[1] Grindr was the first gay dating app to launch on the iTunes App Store,[2] and has four million daily active users in 200 countries. The app uses geolocation through mobile device's hardware to display people from nearest to furthest away from proximity to the user.[3]
Grindr has free or subscription-based versions, which offers different capabilities. The objective of the app is to garner relationships (sexual, romantic, friendships, or networking) based on locational distance. There are filtering options, where people can choose the app to show people within desired height ranges, weight ranges, age ranges, ethnicities, and other descriptors.[4]
History and Use
Grindr was created by tech entrepreneur Joel Simkai in Los Angeles, California. [5] The app started as an Apple app as of March 25th, 2009. There were online dating services before Grindr, such as gaydar[6], but they were web based platforms and not available as mobile apps which used GPS location data.
References
{{{{{1}}}{{{2}}}|Pdf|Doc}}- ↑ Grindr About Page, https://www.grindr.com/about/
- ↑ " Grindr was the first big dating app for gay men. Now it’s falling out of favor. ", Jon Shadel, December 6th, 2018, https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2018/12/06/grindr-was-first-big-dating-app-gay-men-now-its-falling-out-favor/
- ↑ " The best LGBTQ dating apps for Android and iOS", https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/best-lgbt-dating-apps/, Steven Winkelman, February 6, 2020
- ↑ "I have a specific type. How do I search using filters?", Grindr Help Center, https://help.grindr.com/hc/en-us/articles/224271948-I-have-a-specific-type-How-do-I-search-using-filters-
- ↑ " ", Israeli Founder of Grindr Talks About Growing Up Gay and Coming Out to His Family, Doron Halutz,Jun 28, 2016, https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/culture/the-israeli-loins-behind-grindr-1.5253351
- ↑ "Gay Dar", https://www.gaydar.net/
