Don't agree. I think there is already a feature called 'Roam'. This is sufficient and also notifies users that the roaming profile is roaming

This would be a good idea if the mock location is 1km or more from actual included an irremovable 'watermark'. Something along the lines of ' This location has been selected for the privacy, discretion or safety of the user. The actual location is approximately **km from here". This enables the rights of users to keep their actual location private while enabling users to select a Town or Public area to meet others. Add a 'Select Location' and enable a pin to be dropped or 'Actual Location' leaving the pin where the user is.

This can be used to scam people. I’ve already come across a handful of fake accounts of Nigerian scammers who try to lead you off app to try and get money from you. They use fake locations to seem like they’re in your area to make you think they’re there. I’ve been the victim of those scams too ( they didn’t get my money, I just wasted it on travel). This is NOT a good idea.

No effin way. I'd go the other way and have the geolocated distance mandatory on the face of the profile & preceeding a message. The lotion & distance are as important as the age, race & position, IMHO.

90% of this apps users are creeps trying to hide their locations and scam people. This Business is all
About scamming people on purpose. This Business should be sued

You can't be serious ffs!

Why is this app turning into a intruders app. Midas well call in intruders app

Grinder if you bring mock location back you need to label on the guys profile that there using mock location so guys know there using my location we need to know this

If grinder was to allow mock location and I hit you up and I find out You're using mock location i will block you so fast it will make your head spin don't lie about you location I want to know how far you really are from me

No mock location laying about your location will get you no where if I was to ask to hook up with you and your distance show your 15 miles away from me because you used mock location and your really 30 miles away and I find out your 30 miles away when I look your location up on Google maps it will be a big automatic fat block for you so do you think mock location will help you out no it wont

I agree. I was taking to a guy and we were going to meet up at my place and I sent my location and he started acting sketchy so I told him I had to cancel and one random day I got back from work and he was standing at my driveway

I 100% agree with this I live in a small inbredneck town where gays are still persecuted and discriminated against as if we were in the early 1900's. If I choose to use a mock location to place myself in the city where there are other gay community members why should it be an issue at all? This app prioritizes all the wrong features and can't even function properly. Make it make sense! Shouldn't have to drive 45 minutes away to place myself in the view of the gay community. STOP HINDERING THE GAY COMMUNITY GRINDR!

These fucking people are using mock locations to fuck with people, harass, bully, manipulate and overall cause harm to people. The people whom are asking for this are the ones doing so.
Grindr already offers the explore feature for you to look in other areas while giving the person you’re messaging the ability to know you’re exploring.
Grindr did right by taking mock locations away from scamming ass, no life having, miserable, sorry ass excuses for men….

Karma is sweet when it gets you back for pain you inflict on others. Have a great day!

I agree with Juan.. I lived in a very "welcoming" village.. someone even told them ginder in the pub. Everyone was enjoying it. Now they're using it as a way to show off their bum

No don't lie about your location no one will want to drive to you once they revel your tru location and your 50 miles away what the fuck

There's already enough fake phoney things on here don't allow mock locations number one if they want to have a mock location just get a VPN why should grinder have to worry about it turn off your location settings in your phone if you're so afraid somebody might know who you are or where you live then you shouldn't be on Grindr

One way to implement it would be just "set to nearest city". That would likely stop scammers from abusing the feature.

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Faking where you're at is helping the phishers, scammers & spamming, getting annoying as heck lately, all the while disrupting the millions of subscribers "grinding" their "reality based" motivations meeting other real men. Men who use Grindr for their own profit/promo/income are violating the T.O.S. for what it was designed to be, social meeting for gay men with an emphasis on real life companionship. making the scam/spam profiles harder to be approved and/or alerting established Grindr users of the incoming messages/taps arent typical/suspicious looking for people claiming their connection is in your locality. Us "reality based" users who've Been on Grindr since iPhone 3G came out, who subscribe, tap on revenue generating ads, also need to be the corporations developmental teams main focus.
Other apps started a required verification of being over 18 Years old & actually being identifiable with a minimum 1 clear Face picture wouldn't hurt either. Theres ways for the scammers to work around these requests, but its harder than most Americans will put in the effort to make their profile look legit, even tho its just thirst trapping for some pay website/App.
Three requests....
1. No Mock Location Apps on PC/iPhone/Android
2. Unique Identifiers in Real Time for Verification
3. Physical Proof of Government Issued ID for Americans or those connecting to Grindr with IP Addresses originating from the USA or an United States territory

To those who travel, you can search profile using Explore and connect. Mocked location cause confusion and conflict.

This already exists with explore....

Nope. Sounds like scammer Heaven. My grid pulls in men from 100+ miles away. The OP makes a really shaky argument. Is he a scammer? I suspect anyone pushing this agenda is a scammer. There are too many scammers already. This will make it worse.