I get many unsolicited explicit photos despite my profile, and frankly am disappointed that this feature is not already in place. I may delete the app if it doesn’t improve.

Vocês deveria rever esse sistema de análise de fotos, como não aceitão uma foto minha por conta do efeito me dizendo que fugia dos padrões do app( acham que eu fosse menor de idade), mas aceitam que as pessoas postem nudes no perfil sem problema nenhum.

With sending unsolicited nudes about to be added to the 2003 sexual offenses act in England and Wales, thus becoming a crime, grindr should definitely implement some sort of consequences for those guilty of violating others consent on their app.

Thank you Alex for demonstrating why it is indeed highly necessary violation of consent rule breaks should be punished more harshly - it's not about seeing a man nude, it's about the violation of consent. There are way too many gay men still acting like consent is something that only matters if you're penetrating somebody and otherwise it isn't rape and therefore not worth mentioning and it also tracks with the rape cultury vibe a lot of gay clubs have where people will literally act like they're entitled to touching you because you're dancing in the same public space as them. People and platforms in the gay community need to work on voicing more actively that sexually harassing people, even online, is abhorrant and abnormal (and literally illegal in most places) and until apps like Grindr start putting their foot down I see little chance in changing the disgusting way some gay men treat their peers

I'd also like to draw everybody's attention to Grindr's description in the app store:
Grindr is the world’s #1 FREE mobile social networking app for gay, bi, trans, and queer people to connect. Chat and meet up with interesting people for free, or upgrade to Grindr XTRA or Grindr Unlimited for more features, more fun, and more chances to connect.
It's not that it's a hookup app, it's that you use it as a hookup app and because you're so stuck in the mindset being constantly so horny you ignore other people's boundaries you can't even see that some people might not always be looking for the next dick to suck on there

Picture messages could come concealed and only revealed when users press a button to open them. Grindr could also use their picture recognition technology to provide captions for picture messages , e.g. "This appears to be a face picture", "This appears to be a NSFW picture" or "We're not sure what this is"

This would protect users against seeing unsolicited dick pics.

Agreed. Consent is important. Forcing people into having to "just deal with it" is rape culture in action. No part of the LGBTQIA+ community should ever be supporting or perpetuating rape culture. Consent is sexy, dick pics being forced on you is not.

I like the “accepts NSFW pics” field in profiles, but a lot of people don’t read through profiles before sending messages and send them anyway. When someone tries to send pictures to a profile that they’ve never messaged before/haven’t messaged recently, and their NSFW preference is set to “not at first” or “never”, there should be a warning banner that appears within the photo selection tool to alert them. Hopefully this will stop unwanted NSFW pictures.

e.g. “This person doesn’t want to receive NSFW pics, keep it above the belt!”, “Wait until this person gives you the go-ahead to send NSFW pics, they indicated they don’t want to receive them at first.”

is* absurd

the amount of gross pictures and comments i get from people i never had any prior interaction with us absurd. i would like it if there was an option so that they could only message me if i tap them back. it would avoid many unwanted dick pics. doesn’t have to be universal, just an option for less spam

Why would you sign up to a hookup app with sexual adverts yet be actively offended by someone not asking before sending a dick pic? Sexual content is part of the deal since it is the entire premise of the app. If you don't like it just delete it and move on. One shouldn't be so outraged by seeing a man naked.

When the app can tell people are meeting up based on what they're messaging, have a pop up reminder telling people to discuss what they actually want to do sexually when they meet in person. Often people text or sext about things and then feel pressured or get pressured to deliver on them, when really they don't want to do them. This can result in an awkward time at best and assault at worst. Regular pop up reminders that the normal thing to do is *talk in person about what you want to do* rather than just storming ahead with what you discussed over text.

Since the “Never” NSFW profile option is about as effective as half a condom we all know the app provides flashers a platform to share explicit content to others without consent.

I suggest a photo consent toggle feature. Don’t want to be bombarded with disappointing, poorly lit pictures of strangers’ genitals? Turn on the photo consent option!

Could be applied in a few different ways- when activated any and all received images appear blurred/greyed out until the receiver reveals them individually.

“User wants to send you a picture. Reveal?”
*Grindr takes no responsibility for the content of images shared on our platform. If images go against our standards please use the report function*

OR a simple consent banner might appear at the top of the chat. “Consent to receiving images from sunbearBBW42069? Yes / No”

Once consent is given any previously sent images will deliver and the sender is free to share as normal.

Happy grinding.

- tired of all those spam pictures advertising another site
- tired of getting shocking nude pictures from people you have no interest in
- just want to get to know someone before you share pictures

have a setting to block the pictures from showing up unless you click on something.

So, someone random dude sends you a picture and you have this enabled, a message would come up, this person wants to send you a picture? Accept, reject, block