Grindr
There are social networks that cover almost all areas: music, photography, television series, etc There are also some for flirt, there are even some according to the sexual orientation of the user Proof of this is the application Grindr, a gay social network for mendedicated to meeting people, chatting and exchanging photos along with other things. A system based on geolocation and on the exchange of messages and multimedia files
The application has a simple control The first thing to do when starting Grindr is to create a personal profile with a name, a description, an imageand personal data such as age, height and weight, race or marital status But if a higher degree of is preferred privacy or discretion it is possible to ignore most of this data. Thus, once this step is completed, the application is now available to be used
On the main screen of Grindr a grid appears with the profiles of the men closest to the user's position This is possible thanks to GPS , which shows the approximate distance at which the visible profiles are located.In addition, it shows which ones are connected by means of a green dot Clicking on any of them accesses the profile information There are three buttons here: Chat allows you to start a conversation, Favorite sets that contact as a favorite and Block gives the possibility to delete that profile. For its part, with the Report button you can report a profile.
In addition, in conversations it is possible to send photos stored or taken at that moment, as well as share the current location of the user, which is displayed on a map to know their location. The Grindr application is developed for mobile phones Android, BlackBerry and iPhone Also, you can download free for everyone them from Android Market, BlackBerry App World or from iTunesThere is a paid version called Grindr Extra that allows loading more nearby profiles as well as receive Push notifications to know when a message is received.