LightRocket via Getty Images
It absolutely was one of the more widely mocked—and, often, plainly condemned—features on Grindr, the gay dating software: a power to filter matches by their competition.
The next time that it updates its app with widespread protests across America and the country engaging in a painful discussion about race, Grindr now says it will drop the function. It made the statement on Twitter yesterday—“We will never be quiet. Black Lives Mater,” the tweet begins—a message that many saw as tone deaf.
But Grindr isn’t the only application with this type of function. OkCupid and Hinge, two regarding the world’s biggest dating apps with tens of millions of users each, have actually comparable filters, and each of those ongoing businesses state they’re maintaining theirs. Continue reading “Race Protests Are Forcing Dating Apps To Reconsider The Worthiness Of Their вЂEthnicity Filters’”