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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.
Go on
It's called a gay bar. You go, you chat with people. You walk away with a fun evening or maybe a new sibling.
I did, decades ago. Lol
I think they're hinting at you to tell them what these other solutions are
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
If you're gonna gatekeep, consider not saying anything at all.
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.
I'm starting to suspect you don't actually have a clue what you're talking about and just want attention
Ok but what are the apps
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.
You're not protecting anyone from mossad by being evasive and riddlesome about what dating apps you use
Gosh darn it, y'all got me there...
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”.
Your colleague is a Republican.
Either that or a libertarian.
Either way, they vote Republican.
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?
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.
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"
What are these other apps?