▶ This is how the Grindr app works

Have you never heard of Grindr? Or better yet, have you heard about it but you can't decide to create an account because you don't know how it goes? Well, it's basically a Tinder only for gay boys and men. This is how the Grindr app works, although there are a few things you might be interested to know about this tool. In this article we tell you how it works, a bit of its history and one of its most useful functions.

Grindr is the most popular dating app for gay men on the market. And it is for two reasons.It was the first to become famous back in 2009 with the arrival of the iPhone and the apps, and also, and perhaps for that very reason, where you can find more profiles. Wow, it's the biggest pond with the most fish to catch. Although its history has had comings and goings of all kinds.

Grindr has been attacked for failing to uphold user privacy by collecting information about users' HIV status. It has also passed from US to Chinese hands and back to the US for reasons of national security. But even so, the app is still the star in gay relationships It doesn't matter if they introduce too much or if half of the features are banned for a paid subscription quite high. It is the reference in this market. Of course, it usually has a rather sexual and direct tone. Or at least more marked than in the case of Tinder. Which doesn't mean you can't meet people to talk to and not just to sleep with…

Well, once you download it for free and create a profile with your email, the only thing left to do is to develop your profile within the application. You can upload up to eight photos to show yourself. Of course, preferably dressed, since full nudes are prohibited and such photos could be rejected. You can also 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 whatever you want to complete to launch into the world.

And now yes, you can start flirting. Unlike Tinder, Grindr geopositions your location live and live So you'll need to use your mobile's GPS often. With this, instead of showing you profiles and saying whether you like them or not, a grid full of people appears.This is displayed in order. From closest to furthest profiles from top left to bottom right. The further down the grid, the further away that person is. Something very useful to try to find out the distance of a contact if it does not actively show it in the profile.

You will be able to see a limited number of profiles. But those that are close you can consult them as much as you want. You will have their photos, their profile information and two ways to contact them: one is through taps or attention calls. You can make a long press to change the tone of the tap and choose if you want to start a conversation or send a fire for something hotter... The other option is to start writing a message. Like any current chat you can write messages. There are no limitations. You can also send photos, videos, audios, emojis... The possibilities are limited here.

Now, as soon as you want to filter search results in the grid, see more contacts from the grid, or make video calls, an ad from Grindr Xtraappears on the screen. It is the subscription with the rest of the functions of the app. You can live without it, but many of the most useful options like knowing who has viewed your profile are here.

How to send an ephemeral photo on Grindr

One of the common practices on Grindr is sexting or sending messages with private content But how to send 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 only have 10 seconds duration After that time the image is destroyed and there is no trace of it.So the caller can never see it again.