It’s almost impossible to anticipate whether someone will be a good cultural match when it comes to dating. We can describe ourselves very well sexually and even add pictures to express that side, but there’s hardly any room to show anything beyond sexuality.

The available tags are extremely limited, with things like romantic, outdoorsy, or likes music, which are way too generic and say very little about someone’s actual personality.

I’d love to be able to search for users who are into techno, world music, or jazz, for example. I’d also like to see tags for different sports activities, as well as political or cultural interests in general. That would really help match people who share strong cultural overlaps, not just sexual attraction.

It would strongly support people seeking for a long term partner but also those looking to make new friends and build communities. Grindr could be so much more than just an app for one-night stands.

For that, we’d need an unlimited number of tags. Displaying too many tags could be counterproductive in terms of profile performance, but they could be shown in an accordion or an expand/collapse field. That way, profiles would stay short and snappy, while still allowing users to explore more details if they want to learn more about someone.

Ultimately, and beyond helping people find more relevant profiles, this would also generate a huge amount of valuable metadata that could be used to improve the product and develop new services.