An error message appears saying "The following are not allowed: no zionist, no zionists" when users try to add the phrase to their bios, but any number of other phrases about political and religious preferences are allowed.

Grindr won’t allow users to add “no Zionists” to their profiles, but allows any number of other phrases that state political, religious, and ethnic preferences, according to 404 Media’s tests of the platform and user reports.

Several users received an error message that says “The following are not allowed: no zionist, no zionists,” when they tried to add the phrases to their bios on Thursday. I tested this myself on a new Grindr account, and received the same error message. I was able to add “Zionist” to my profile (without “no”), however, and could also add any phrase I could think of: “no Arabs,” “no Blacks,” “no Palestinians,” “no Muslims,” “no Christians,” “no Jews,” “no trans,” “no Republicans,” “no Democrats,” and so on. “No Zionist[s]” was the only phrase that was blocked in my testing.

  • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2711·
    3 days ago

    The only guys still using this legacy app are the baby gays, the clueless, and the ultra photogenic.

    There are so many better ones out there and they’re not filled with closet cases and gay republicans; use them instead.

      • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
        14·
        2 days ago

        It’s called a gay bar. You go, you chat with people. You walk away with a fun evening or maybe a new sibling.

          • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
            529·
            3 days ago

            Nice try FBI agent! You’ve already enshitified all the legacy apps like Grindr and shut down rentboy et al (but left their straight counterparts alone). We’ve gone peer to peer to evade you and I’m not going to help you capture them; you’re just going to have to talk to those icky gays yourself. Lol

              • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
                16·
                14 hours ago

                the only gatekeeping happening here comes as a result of either your failure to ally or your own inability to connect with this vulnerable community and; with the same sentiment as your recommendation; consider reaching outside your hetero-normative circle.

                • Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml
                  2·
                  8 hours ago

                  I’m starting to suspect you don’t actually have a clue what you’re talking about and just want attention

              • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
                14·
                14 hours ago

                hexbear looks down on them; you’ll find your answer there.

                the other’s lack of awareness of this VERY OPEN secret gives me pause to share it here, where it’s clear entire communities and instances are aware of them; authorities like the fbi, cia, mossad treat them like goldmines and they also exist because a huge majority don’t actively participate like they don’t on apps like grindr.

                • Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml
                  2·
                  8 hours ago

                  You’re not protecting anyone from mossad by being evasive and riddlesome about what dating apps you use

    • InfiniteGlitch@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      71·
      3 days ago

      I had a colleague who said, he do only use it to find people to have one-night-stands with. He does not care about their political opinions as long as they can “fuck just right”.

      • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
        189·
        3 days ago

        Your colleague is a Republican.

        Either that or a libertarian.

        Either way, they vote Republican.

        • InfiniteGlitch@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          31·
          2 days ago

          We are not Americans but honestly, I don’t think he do vote right-wing. He’s very much ‘‘let everyone live the way they want’’. Curious though what makes you think he’d vote right?

          • sensiblepuffin@lemmy.funami.tech
            3·
            11 hours ago

            Generally, and I do emphasize that, those who believe that “everyone should just do what they want” really just don’t want their lives to be impacted by change. Which makes sense, since everyone doing what they want only reinforces the power structures that already exist in society.

            Gay men, for example, usually have zero problems blending in as long as they don’t get outed and don’t “look too gay” (straight passing). There’s a good reason why the RNC regularly crashes Grindr servers whenever it’s hosted. And as long they can rail/get railed, then they don’t want to upset the delicate balance of power in which they rail.

          • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
            3·
            14 hours ago

            within the united states: it’s akin to self-awareness-lacking statements that make their prejudices clear, like: “i don’t have a problem with gay people, just don’t do it in front of my face” or “i can’t be racist because i have black friends”