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.ml
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    23 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.

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      16 hours ago

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