Recently I have experienced a large influx of profiles and messages that are promoting Onlyfans accounts. This is making it harder to use the app for its intended purpose, finding “meaningful connections” 😆

I also think that OF people are exploiting Grindr users, sometimes promising them S E X in exchange for subscribing, which is obviously not true. Sometimes they even put this on their profile.

Over the last year, I’ve seen onlyfans accounts on Grindr becoming very popular.

The way I think that they exploiting Grindr users is that they tap u, and ur like… “ooog hot guy just tapped me” … getting hundreds of these isn’t fun 🤣

Back to serious chat! My understanding is that this activity is not permitted under your policies:
• The Help Center’s “Commercial activity and solicitation” page says users may not spam links use Grindr to advertise or buy or sell anything and it gives examples like sending promotional materials for a business or organization.

• The Community Guidelines state that Grindr is for personal use only and you cannot use it to buy or sell or to advertise or represent a business. They also say public profiles must not promote or sell anything.

• The Terms and Conditions say users will not use Grindr for any commercial or non-private use including the sale or advertisement of goods or services or providing links to other websites.

Request / idea:

Please strengthen automated detection and removal of profiles that promote paid content platforms. This could include
• Keyword and link detection for terms like “OnlyFans” “OF” and common link shorteners and link hubs such as Linktree Beacons and Campsite
• Heavier throttling or review when a profile sends the same promotional link or message to multiple recipients in a short period

I appreciate that you already use proactive machine learning models and a moderation team. The volume I am seeing suggests additional tuning could meaningfully improve the experience for users who are looking for genuine connections.