I know there's a filter, that's not what I'm asking for. What I am suggesting is a behavioral barrier that acts as an identifier of a person's type.

In the same way I am able to list my status, height, and tribes, I should also be able to list if I'm ok with people under 30 reaching out (I am not ok with it lol). I feel like there's potential to leverage the subject fields to at least cover dos and donts without taking up the character limit in the about me section.

My suggestions are interests/age range/play style/distance

Distance preference IE: We should have the ability to stop some random dude in California with palm trees in his profile from reaching out to us if we live in the east coast. Paying members should not have free for all access to free members without guardrails. Users should have the ability to opt-out from receiving long distance/unknown/unverified communications from would-be bad actors.

I would also suggest an encrypted consent form that grindr can use to verify its user base. For example I am very transparent about my status as I want people to make informed decisions, but I also am generally not interested in anyone who isn't interested in me. So I prefer to connect with individuals who share my diagnosis as well. Its not simply a tribe or "into". Status and play practice should be included. That is the best way to deal with stigma. I am only recently having to navigate this myself, and I've decided I want to connect with individuals who would understand me better, and I want to be able to do it without playing mommy to someone and hand holding them through status disclosures and practices etc. These dudes can barely function past "hey"..."pic?"

Behavioral style field identifiers and letting members opt-out from receiving communications from members who don't complete them accordingly should be the bare minimum.

But I recognize that there are hippa concerns about forcing people to disclose that, so a consent form or even status preference field will at least help as a behavioral deterrent for trolls and impersonators.

More fields, more options to opt-in /out of, and consent prompts to deter trolls/impersonators

I'm also available for hire just saying