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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.

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[–] davel@lemmy.ml 66 points 3 days ago

🙏🍆👄 No Zionazis.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"No zio, anti zio jews are welcome"

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

which will become something like "📝💤" in a month

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 18 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

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.

[–] sexual_tomato@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world -2 points 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.

[–] ModernRisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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.ml 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Your colleague is a Republican.

Either that or a libertarian.

Either way, they vote Republican.

[–] ModernRisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day 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"

[–] damnedfurry@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

There are so many better ones out there and they’re not filled

[–] Stillwater@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago

What are these other apps?

[–] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml -2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Probably to do with the bipartisan laws against criticism of Israel. Probably not the best hill for Grindr to die on so I think they made the right choice here.

[–] Kuori@hexbear.net 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

supporting nazis for any reason should be a death sentence.

[–] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Supporting Nazis with an utterly meaningless gesture to avoid being shut-down is far better than falling on your sword over the ability for Grindr users to say "no zionists" in their profile.

[–] Kuori@hexbear.net 5 points 1 day ago

you are a gutless coward and i have no interest in anything you have to say.