Everyone has choice and freedom to choose so you are discriminating by removing that feature and when I paid for extra that was available filter so give me my money back !

I don't understand people defending the move to get rid of the ethnicity filter as if that suddenly stopped racism. If anything, it makes racist people see profiles they really don't want to see and makes them more prone to lash out at these people just to mess with them..

Why would you want these people to see your profile rather than people that actually do want to see you?

An ethnicity filter is NOT racist no matter what anyone says. It's a sexual preference and you do the same thing when you go to bars, other apps, etc.. even without the filter you'll still just bypass people of an ethnicity you're not attracted to.

If anything, removal of the filter was just another ploy to get people to upgrade so they can see more profiles and have to scroll even more.

The ethnicity filter is inherently not a bad thing. But it is something racists use to be racist. Asians and Indians are already at the bottom of the dating food chain thanks to the racist stereotypes that even non racists use and because of which find them undesirable and use the filter. Grindr is already a racist cesspit. This move is only a miniscule step in the right direction albeit very late.

Nope please DON'T restore the ethnicity option. Everyone needs to keep seeing that people of ethnicities you don't like still exist. I have preferences for certain ethnic looks too. But from time to time I come across a gorgeous man outside that ethnic preference that I can't help but try to approach. It's unfair to put a label on an entire group of people whose ethnicity is outside their control and choice and then filter them out as if you want them to not exist and tell yourself that you are absolutely sure you will never be interested in them. You don't have to be a genocidal Nazi with gas chambers ready to go in order to qualify for racism. Excluding an entire ethnic group from anything you want to be a part of easily qualifies as racist. In short, and I quote my grandma, how do you know you don't like it if you don't try it?

I get it. You can't have an ethnicity filter because that filter would be racist and we can't have racism on Grindr.. Eyes rolling as hard as possible emoji. Lucky for me because I'm not a racist.
I couldn't find one single accessibility option in Grindr for sight or hearing impaired. I couldn't find anything that would make your app more user friendly for people with poor motor function.

You can remove a filter with the hopes of mitigating an untold number of sensitive ass peoples racist adjacent propaganda. That's somewhat redeemable. However, disparaging a portion of your demographic by rendering your app inoperable for those users, or potential users, doesn't look good on paper. Probably gonna be somewhat difficult to redeem yourself.. I mean, Ken Jennings was gonna be the new host of Jeopardy until a tweet resurfaced of him saying the worst part of a hot chick is the wheelchair. Cancel culture is alive and well so y'all should get on to improving your app to become more inclusive.

So basically, your idea is you should be able to filter out white ppl, but not anyone else?? 😅

Of course. If I prefer any races doesn't mean I hate other races. We should race our voices.

Race filter was a very nice and interesting feature. if you bring back the race filter again, I and my friends will subscribe again.

Yes I totally agree this should be added back. What the heck does Grindr care about this retarded politically correct where we live in?

I am no racist but I hate the fact that racism is used as a tool for people to get what they want. There's nothing wrong with specifically looking for a black man you want to know why because I enjoy having sex with them. So nothing racist there.

The moment company's stop caving into this cancel culture b******* the world will become a better place

A filter is just that.
Some members seek a type by ethnicity, others "SELF DISQUALIFY" if they don't feel that they are a candidate for the profile they click on.
Meaning, anyone should be able to hit you up, but searching can be more productive by specificity.
If not interested, perhaps a "NO THANK YOU" tap, can be added.

There is a huge difference between having a physical preference and thinking one is superior. I can filter for weight, age, height, body type and hair which are just physical types. Filtering for race is no different. Its just a physical preference. I yiu can always choose to not fill in that category.

I have the right to choose a mate based on my own preferences, in my opinion you are enforcing racism by not allowing us to choose.
I'll thus continue to block everyone who doesn't fit my type, and yes sometimes that means I will now sit for a few hours blocking people just to get access to people who actually fit my preferences. I dont like blocking people from different races, I hate it actually. And even worse, I hate having to turn down people from other races. You're making me feel like an ass for doing so. Stop populating my grindr feed with people I'm not interested in, we have the right to choose and you're defeating the entire point of a dating app by forcing us to be exposed to people we'll never be interested in

My Name is Maxx. This is a very telling conversation going on here… I feel it digresses into unnecessary areas that have nothing to do with basic personal sexual Preferences….of course BRING BACK THE FILTER it’s a no brainer… THATS WHY GRINDR HAD IT IN THE FIRST PLACE.

I walk into a restaurant I look at the menu I order what I want. I don’t sit at a table and tell them to bring me whatever they feel I should eat… When I order a pizza I get the kind of Meat on it I want (metaphor intended). “ I am sorry sir I can’t promise you’ll be getting sausage because we don’t want to offend the anchovies and the pepperonis and the ground beef”. Silly of course…. Thats the point. When I go to the local bar do I sit down and say surprise me? (OK maybe on occasion when I feel like it.. MY choice) but 90% of the time I know exactly what kind of alcohol and what kind of drink I want. Usually I have my favorite go to beverage. So I’m more inclined to order it to make sure that’s the thing I get. I just don’t sit down and wonder why the bartender isn’t bringing me what I like, I HAVE TO REQUEST IT. That’s all this is about. I will take my very obvious and somewhat whimsical metaphor one step further. Do I expect A waiter at the restaurant to go through my menu with a sharpie and mark out all of the items that I don’t like or that I find offensive so that I will never see them again? but what if I change my mind on the 10% chance that I want to see the entire menu. Why is everything blacked out? Absurd. And yet Grindr is forcing us to do just that. My first 5 to 10 minutes when I open the app is spent blocking people. Block block block block. Gone forever… Utter waste of time. “ of course you can have a salad and some pasta but I can’t bring it to you until you’ve considered and looked at all of the meat items first. But I’m vegetarian!!!” “ no sir you clearly have a bias against our other menu items since I see you never ordered them and you always order the same thing”…. Sounds ridiculous but that’s what’s happening here.

SO LISTEN… Just because it’s an ethnicity filter and deals with the race of users on the platform doesn’t change the basic fact that it’s a simple preference thing it’s not so deep. just like all businesses, the filter, just like offering choices, is good business. Grindr is the menu and I wanna know what’s on the menu. If I walk in for dessert I go to the back of the menu and order dessert I don’t waste my time looking at entrées. STOP BEING BORISH AND OVERLY SENSITIVE FOLKS…. BRING BACK THE FILTER SO I CAN ORDER MY FAVORITE MEAL!!!! And in those moments when I’m feeling a bit more adventurous I’ll go À la cart. much love and happy hunting (and much wasted time blocking). A Fellow Gay man!!!

Hi Anonymous, I just want to clarify that my comment was not in response to you or to anyone else who has commented on this thread. My comment was directed only at the people who run Grindr. Peace

Lol “anonymouse”, I never claimed to be more intellectual than anyone. You’re not worth my time. You’re ignorant and going tor remain ignorant, continue to ostracize people. Again, I’ll enjoy my Grindr that allows me to see EVERYONE. You exclusionist on here we’re given unlimited blocks, so use them instead of wanting Grindr to bring back this filter. 🤷

@Anonymouse (once again), I always love when people say "You're not even worth my time" then continue on.. Please decide am I not worth your time because you can't make a proper argument or are you going to continue wasting everyone's time trying to act like an intellectual when you clearly aren't?

The "why" wasn't in your original message. I gave you clear questions in my response and you still couldn't answer a single one of them. Then you try to turn it around to something entirely different and redirect to how you're not even here for any particular reason. You yourself say you're not here to get it restored nor are you here to not have it restored. Literally saying: " I truly do not care if the filters are restored..." If you don't care, why are you here? It's hilarious to me when people like you say these things. You started out saying I'm not worth your time yet you continue to argue. You continue on arguing then say you're not arguing. You even then try to say how you don't care but if you didn't care you wouldn't be here in the first place. You can't "not care" and still keep being so affected by it.

What's even more funny is when people like you do this "You wrote 5 paragraphs..." crap. As if because someone has an actual well thought out, and concise, argument that makes them less than you. You who keeps being unable to prove a single point or argue any point whatsoever. The very second something doesn't go your way you redirect or try to dodge it.

My questions still stand. Let's see if you can answer them. Refer back to my previous reply for them. Though I doubt you'll be able to answer a single one with an actual thought.

How is it exclusion it is a preference. If it's considered as exclusion because of a specific characteristic you might as well remove age and all these other filters.

Grindr doesn’t not give a flying **** whether you choose an “ ethnicity” or not. They are however choosing to ignore the majorities interest over a few gays. As seen in the fact they are not restoring this ethnicity filter everyone is interesting in bringing back. This thread has been open for 6 months and not even in consideration.
Sorry, not sorry. 🤷

Since Grindr allows people to select their "ethnicity" (euphemism for race), it’s only hypocritical not to have an "ethnicity" filter. By selecting your "ethnicity", you agree that "ethnicity" exists and that people may judge/filter you based on your "ethnicity". People opposed to racial preferences can simply refuse to select their "ethnicity". The vast majority of users across every racial group do select their "ethnicity". Grindr cannot sacrifice the majority’s interest to appease a few disgruntled gays whom nobody wants to have sex with. To those gays: white people may owe you reparations, but they sure as hell do not owe you sex, so leave their sex life alone.

Your slip is showing again!