If you are on here... Be on here... Distance gamers are just as bad as Ghosters and Catfish!!

Totally agree

As someone who has been stalked before, this sounds like an awful idea. I have my distance turned off for my safety and privacy.

I would, however, be down with a system that only shows distances as “less than a mile.”

I have my distance switched off due to creeps getting too close to me. If the distance measurement stopped at 1KM and from theres just shows "less then a kM away" I would be happy to have it enabled.

Let's put it in another way.
I have chosen to show my distance.
I want that everyone be free to choose whether they want to display their distance or not.
But I don't want that they see my distance when they have chosen to not show their own.
In another way, I want to be able to select that I want my distance shown in general for everyone, except for that people that have chosen to not show their own.
It's a reciprocity matter guys!

There seems to be a lot of confusion about this request. It is not asking that any user be required to show his distance unless he wants to show it. What it asks is for a way for User X to limit who sees his distance to other users whose distance he (User X) can see. It's reciprocal. It's saying "I don't want you to be able to see my distance unless I can see yours." It's actually a very reasonable feature request.

Disagree...It’s an individual’s right to disclose, or not disclose, their location/distance. If someone is interested, or one is curious, that info can be covered during a chat if one simply asks the question. “Where are you located”. Yet again, that person’s chiice to disclose that or not. It really comes down to one’s personal safety and their thoughts about it. who knows if someone is on here to lure people into a situation that would result in a hate crime, or worse? Seems a small thing to make an issue out of.

Always show a user's distance for Unlimited users

Letting others see your distance actually sends your exact location to the other users' devices in order to calculate your distance to show them. It's fairly easy to use a third-party tool to see that location, which is then a huge privacy issue.

Bad idea. Sounds like you are not successful using the app and want to blame it on external reasons instead of looking within or realizing that this app is not appropriate for your needs and that you need to move on.

Don’t agree

it’s an individual choice, and leads to something to discuss in direct online conversation

allow a guy to be concerned about not wanting to associate with people in his own neighbourhood - he could be politely avoiding jerks in his own way

if you are genuinely keen on a guy than you’ll go the distance

unless you have an imposition to commuting

like if you’re in a rural area you’re prepared to do the yards. If you’re in a city or town, the profiles that show on your screen are obviously within a eg 20km proximity; is that all too hard? I think it comes down to laziness and individual cater-to-me selfishness to expect a dude to be within 20 meters away of you, all day long

Because grinder has such a low reputation it could be rectified with compulsory distance unless you retain full membership status to turn it off with the only exception of trial membership

Show actual and not areal distance. Example 5 minute walk or 5 minute drive by car

I disagree. I have legal issues with someone on Grindr and I turn my location off so if they were to come online after I go off and I’m still on the grid (if they’ve created a new profile I haven’t blocked yet) or they see me before I see them, they can’t see my exact distance from them.

To cut down on time wasting, distance should be a mandatory category. If safety is a concern with this the display could be redesigned to reflect distance ranges in five kilometre increments.

To cut down on time wasting, distance should be a mandatory category. If safety is a concern with this the display could be redesigned to reflect distance ranges in five kilometre increments.

Location should stay on for all users

With the NDNC feature turned on, only profiles showing their distance will be able to start a chat with you. Unless located in a country with anti-gay legislation, profiles attempting to message you with their distance hidden will encounter a pop-up alert that informs them, “This user does not accept messages from profiles hiding their distance. To initiate messaging, please show your distance or send your location.” They can then choose (within the pop-up) whether to show their distance or send their location, or else exit the chat. This would ensure transparency between users and cut down on those wasting others’ time.

I’ve been stalked on here and am still actively being stalked by someone I don’t know. The accounts keep changing and distance is always off. This would force me to never use this app because of the danger of them tracking me much easier.

Distance algorithm is way askew