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Taps optional

The ability to disable the tap feature from your profile. This way if you do not wish to recieve taps, other users have no way of tapping you.

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  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Please make taps optional or throw the whole feature away. It is annoying and people need to learn how to speak up if they have an interest.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Yes because hey or what’s up is much more useful then a tap. When someone taps you how often do you message them or tap them back and get a response? If it’s not almost always then you’re lying to yourself. Taps help make the awkward and degrading first contact process more mutual. If you get tapped by someone then you can confidently message them and expect a response. Which in grindr these days that alone is **** miracle since despite what people say they’re looking for, they only respond if they’re very interested.

    Tapping needs to never be removed. People who hate taps need to either disable notifications or realize they serve an essential purpose. It’s not as if many people tap anyways, I do.

  • Matt commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I love taps, but a good idea, if only to shut up the DON'T TAP ME brigade.

  • Anon commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Or just disable the notifications from taps so that they are easier to ignore.

  • dale commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    so just to see whats what i keep track for a 7 day period an got 734 taps all the taps profile used a real name cody erron or micheal bale an all sent an emoji an so i randomly replied to 100 an all 100 was spam “probably grindr staff” lol working on advertising companies pay for on grindr lol taps are pointless unless you like spam lol wasting your time lol

  • Paul commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Can we just block the users that have "no taps" in their profile? It's a feature of this app, I like it. If you don't check your taps, don't get so butthurt about it, just ignore it.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Only if I can disable the “hey” messages.

    A tap at least has a point behind it. Stop expecting people to start conversations and send you what you want and grow up. Ignore them if you don’t like their profile. Message them if you do. They already made the first step easy for you and you whine.

    Profiles without anything in them shouldn’t be able to tap at most but again. Be realistic.

  • Maximilian Schrott commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    You guys are stupid... if your entire argument is "tap = I'm mildly interested" Well guess what, same can be said for "hi" in your inbox... also bots tapping... last time I checked they message too... so the problem isn't the tap feature, but the fact that bots exist.. removing taps won't make bots go away. Last but not least Tap usually means interest... it's just a quick way of saying hi... Because there is nothing worse than inbox full of unreplied openers... No it's much better to just tap and if the guy is interested he can tap back and then you message him.. that way it's much more likely to get actual replies.
    Also the "Tap=block" profiles... I don't tap them because I didn't read their bio, I tap them because they are so annoyed and petty about this and IDGAF if he blocks me because sometimes the trash takes out itself. Fun fact: if it's a cute guy who tapped you, you don't give a fuck if he tapped or said hi, you will message him.

  • TG commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I agree. Taps are just a way of saying "I'm mildly interested but overall not that interested." If there's no tap button, my time won't be wasted by someone who doesn't care. I'd be just as happy if taps were removed altogether.

  • Kris commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Taps are a fun idea, but they are used mostly by bots and scammers/spammers. I'm fine with taps, if Grindr can implement user verification to help eliminate bots and spammers.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Taps are a major tool used by spammers to establish contact, giving the possibility to users to opt-out of taps is also a way to reduce spam

  • Levi Nemoto commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I like taps, but so many people get annoyed at them (and even angry) that it makes the experience negative overall.

  • Dan commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Grindr is enabling fake taps from fake profiles.
    How else would you get taps from users who haven't even viewed your profile???

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