My bad, I was thinking this topic was about something else intirely. My main issue is with ethnicity being a option in profile settings as though ethnicity is a characteristics or physical appearance. I did not know that you could filter search results by ethnicity. That is horrible to me. There is no excuse for such a thing...discriminatory convenience?! Can you walk into a room and just remove any ethnicity you disappove of as suitable for your interests? No. Grindr,( any dating app) in my view should be treated the same way for the betterment of the community. It my be convenient but it's also a discriminatory factor based in racism that shouldn't be downplayed. The Asain guy saying that looking for other Asians to hangout with, inhaveca question..are you that bothered by seeing other profiles? I'm sorry but who spoiled are we nowadays? I respect his view; however,it's still not useful to the overall good of the community. I think too many fail to recognize, Grindr is a community with gay culture. The way we conduct ourselves and most importantly the manner in which the platform engages to set boundaries that limit or remove anything that gives way to discrimination and futher deteratition of the communityas a whole ,should evolve into beung more inclusive and tolerant.

@Alfred Phifer: your comments are good, but this is GRINDR, and the vast majority of guys that use it are there to find a fuck, not a date. And sexual attraction isn't racist, just like someone not wanting to fuck a 90yo or an 18yo is ageist, or not wanting to fuck a double amputee is discrimination against less able bodied people, or not wanting to fuck a transman is transphobic. Bring back the filter and let Grindr uses find their fucks faster.

@Hhggg I believe anyone person stating that there are looking for or only into there own ethic group isn't the same as ." Not into Asian, whites, or blacks" or whatever. I don't agree with those types of statements in a profile;however, as I explained to close friends of a different ethnicity...anybody that solely and exclusive dates only within is different discussion then a person disqualifying certain groups as suitable based on ethnicity. " not into certain ethnicities" vs "only into my ethnicity" isn't
the issue being discussed but it's apart of the bigger picture. I wish the option was removed from the profile settings as a characteristics or way of describing one's self. That is my issue..but I do believe it is a could call for an app that has paid subscribers of all walks of life, to remove that filter or discriminatory convenience. If a person isn't interested in someone who shows interest,for whatever reason simply don't reply.

I find it interesting that anyone would claim having the ethnicity filter necessary. Especially as a minor. Just look at a picture, that tells you all you need to know about the person's ethnicity, generally. Why does it even matter or what purpose would an ethnicity filter have in a " dating" app? I don't see the importance or relevance at all. Other then a discriminatory factor.
Don't bring back the ethnicity filter. This has been an issue for me since day one. If we ever aim cultivate a community of understanding and a truly inclusive community, ethnicity, race, and anything else that doesn't reflect character or physical appears, allows racial rooted discrimination within the community. I date need a flirter to tell me what a profile picture or the profile text can. I vote No

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Well written! Indeed, we should put it to the test!

Deleting the filter was a very bad idea and it's been already almost 2 years I have been fighting for its return.

Please GRINDR, look at this discussion and see that it is the most popular one and vast majority supports return of the ethnicity filter. Time to make it happen, please!

TJ

@Michael Gray: what about if we allow the ethnicity filter to be used by black men on Grindr, so they can filter only for the types they are attracted to. For example, I often see black men on Grindr who in their profile text are very direct and say "black guys only". Would it be ok for black men to have use of the filter? Is a black man saying "black guys only" racist do you think?

Me too

Please finally listen to the wisdom of those men. Please bring back the ethnicity filter. SCRUFF, JACK’D and other applications use it and among their users are also YOUR GRINDR users. Many of them who allegedly oppose the filter here. You will not lose customers, but gain!
TJ

I’m so tired of people saying that you’re filtering out a whole group of people just because you want to find those who you are actually attracted to. You could turn the filter on and then you can turn the filter off depending on your mood. Because at the moment I’m not filtering people out im actually blocking them permanently.. because of the lack of a filter …so which is worse? Blocking someone forever that you’ll never see again or just going through a filter and seeing who is out there at any given moment? Please stop being ridiculously and overly “woke”. Bring the filter back it’ just makes more sense for you customers.

Having the filter isn't a bad thing it allows ppl to find what they find attractive to them friends are one thing but a sexual attraction is another also with the filter it will only show what you want to see so you don't gotta keep blocking ppl just to see ppl you are attracted too and want to consider being in bed with I'm attracted to white Mex blk and Arab guys or mixed those would be my filters and if the admin does make this filter I'm hoping they will also do the hold profile pic mass block to make room for ppl it's bad enough with the distance filter screwing up or not working at all

Every day, we discriminate whether we notice or not. When you choose to eat eggs instead of oatmeal, whether you choose to go to certain restaurants, whether you choose red color instead of blue etc etc. We need to take out the negative stigma of the word " discrimination" when you choose something over another thing you're discriminating, meaning you have a preference for whatever reason and choices should be respected. I don't believe that a filter with different options should be offensive to anyone. The same way you look for certain restaurants or gay apps, you're just choosing your preference; there is no hatred on it, and for me, that is the bottom line

@Hhggg Firstly don't ask me a question and answer it with what you believe MY response should be. Secondly you are correct in a perfect world sexual attraction should have nothing to do with being a racist I believe Everyone has the right to like what they like but when you start filtering peoples race on personal stereotypes it's wrong! And I am victim to doing it sometimes, but I can say I am more willing to understand and let go of my preferences when I find out we have more in common then we dont....I have a friend that only likes white guys and you can put the most gorgeous person of another nationality/Race in front of him and he cannot find anything positive to say about them. He will say things like I'm not into blacks because their loud, ghetto, and stink or Girl the only time I like rice is when it's on my plate etc etc.....I will say this last part and it's that I personally don't care for men that refer them selves to filthy animals like 🐖, fisting, urination, humiliation, pain and torture I find that most ment that aren't African American are into weird shit like that BUT THATS MY PERSONAL OPINION. but we can agree or find some type of commonality then I'm willing to drop my preference and do different.

It would be great to use the filter again… it is worth saving the time and trouble of messaging someone only to be ignored because they can’t be overtly racist to you or in their profile to and be considered woke and relevant. Black Lives Matter ✊🏿 👀…. Only when you’re looking to get impaled…

@Michael Gray: are you attracted to 95yo men with dementia? Why not? be honest about it -- you are just ageist and ableist, right? What about women? Are you attracted to women? It's okay not to be attracted to women, but be honest, you're sexist right?

Sexual attraction has NOTHING to do with whether you are racist or not, and that's what you're trying to say. I have ZERO sexual attraction to Chinese men, but you seem to think that's because I am racist and prejudiced against Chinese people? You are truly delusional if you think that.

So you don't see an issue with filtering out a whole group of people based on their ethnicity? I personally don't care much for white men but there are a handful of them that I do find attractive and normal so I'm not going to filter out all of them based on a few of them that aren't my type. You guys always hide behind these prejudices behaviors as preferences. It's okay to not be attracted to someone but be honest about what the real reason is.

I am an unlimited member for 5 years now the past 3 have not been impressed with Grindr , and every-time in the last 3 years that my membership has come up for renewal ,I question myself am I getting what I am paying for .and now i'm pretty much sure that now I don't any-longer .And now come August I think i will go back to using the free membership because half of what i used and paid for originally are features that no longer are an option and that is what all the features are supposed to be is an option it doesn't mean that you are raciest or ageist or trans-phobic ,it means that what turns your crank, gets you hot is perhaps to a south Asian 45 year old bottom today ,but maybe tomorrow you want a big dominant hairy twink to fuck your brains out tomorrow.the choice is yours if only there was an app that worked that way ,oh ya grindr USED TO WORK THAT WAY ,oh you even got to decide if they were to far to travel to or practically your neighbor.Come August its time we part ways I'm going to start using growlr and Scruff.At the very least they don't change the format after you pay a premium .and if they do they send an email to members informing of the changes to be made .giving the option of canceling your membership if you so wish

I am White & often prefer the company of Black men.It would make it easier to find the type of guy that I am looking for.

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