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Writer's pictureDaniel Calderón

What is Grindr? And how does this dating app work.



Have you never heard of Grindr? Or better yet, have you heard about it but can't decide to create an account because you don't know how it goes? Well, it is basically a Tinder only for gay boys and men as you see it, and of course in the middle of 2021 who will not know about that app. This is how the Grindr application works, although there are a few things you might want to know about this tool. In this note we will tell you how it works, a bit of its history and one of its most useful functions.


Grindr is the best-known gay dating app on the market. And it is for two reasons. It was the first to become famous there in 2009 with the arrival of the iPhone and apps, and also, and perhaps for this reason, where you can find more profiles. Wow, it's the biggest pond with the most fish to catch.


Well, once you download it for free and create a profile with your email, all you have to do is develop your profile within the application. You can upload up to eight photos to show yourself. Of course, preferably dressed, since full nudity is prohibited and such photos could be rejected. In addition, you can add a description, your age, gender, weight, height, orientation, role and other details such as urban tribes to which you belong. Not everything is mandatory, yes. You can complete what you want to complete to launch yourself into the world.


And now, you can start flirting. Unlike Tinder, Grindr geo-positions your location live and direct. So you will need to use your mobile's GPS often. With this, instead of showing you profiles and saying if you like them or not, a grid full of people appears. This is displayed in order. Closest to furthest profiles from top left to bottom right. The further down the grid, the further away that person will be. This is very useful when trying to find out the distance of a contact if it is not actively displayed in the profile.


How to submit an ephemeral photo on Grindr


One of the most common practices in Grindr is sexting or sending messages with private content. But how do you submit an ephemeral photo on Grindr? Well simple. You just have to click on the camera icon to display the usual gallery. Here, mark the photo you want to send and, before taking it to the chat, look at the icon in the lower left corner, which looks like a clock. Here you can press to activate that the photo is only 10 seconds long. After that time the image is destroyed and there is no trace of it. With what the interlocutor can never see it again.

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