I find it really bad that Grindr still doesn't require emails to be validated before profiles actually go live and rely instead on the click on the sidewalks/hills/bikes etc.

To join this forum you have to have validated your email address via the trusted click on an email one time link you received before you can post, however, It seems that having more profiles on the site (even though many are catfish, fakes or cheating bf's) makes the app look busier than the competition possibly and draws people in and then hopefully keep the business.

There are so many fake, blank newly created profiles obviously trying to spam you, created to cheat behind a fake profile, spy or what ever else you do with a fake profile that I'm noticing that so many people move to other apps after initial chat started.

Having a link to an app like insta, Facebook etc is misleading as it just means you know how a link for the site works and isn't proof it's the person behind the grindr app unless they confirm on insta etc they are chatting some people seem not to realise this so could to with a note adding take it clear.

With the price hikes and all the other validation issues I'm wondering how many people will start to get annoyed with all the timewasting due to the above and move permanently to a more secure (and often much cheaper) alternative.