After being a long-standing user of Grindr, making use of all it has to offer in a respectful and honest way, two days ago my account got randomly banned. No warning. My profile had not changed and in my mind did not overtly break the guidelines. I would like warnings on such drastic action please...as this would help users to rectify any unintentional violation of Grindr‘a rules or guidelines. Removing a users account immediately without warning wipes away the access to a supportive network of people that user has come to know and trust. It also isolates the user at a time when vulnerabilities are at their highest. In fact, in my case, it left me in potential danger as I was meeting with a person from the app and was on my way to meet them as my account got banned. I was traveling far to meet this trusted person. The removal of my account stopped me messaging this person. At that point, I was in a vulnerable position in an unknown place unable to seek help and reassurance from the grindr user I had come to trust. To my original point, please give warnings if a user inadvertently breaks the rules as simply removing them does not help anyone. Users need to know the errors in order to change behaviour whilst using the app.

The problem that I am facing is that I am well-endowed and have more of a "bulge" than fellow Grindr members. I see fellow Grindr users using similarly photographed underwear shots; yet, the only difference is that their bulges are not as big. This is something that is out of my control as dick size is allegedly genetically determined. There is clear bias in moderation, being that members with smaller "packages" enjoy the liberty of displaying their underwear shots publicly via their profile pictures whereas members with larger "packages" cannot share that same liberty as they are deemed to be sexually suggestive and/or explicit. This is essentially discrimination towards individuals with larger packages. Additionally, by stating that larger packages are more sexually explicit than smaller packages is sexualizing the size of something that cannot be controlled which is problematic. Please allow members who have larger packages to also enjoy the same liberty as members with smaller packages to display underwear shots on their profile regardless of bulge size. As a side note, I have read the rules regarding underwear photos outlined in the blog below and the pictures I attempt to upload do not violate any of them.

https://blog.grindr.com/blog/grindr-allows-underwear-profile-photos

My question is what if somebody that you were interested in...and they were interested in you...blocks you{In a Defensive Way} when both of you were interested?
Is there no recourse? Is there no way to say "hang on. let's talk about this?"

Cuz when you block someone, you can't even go back and check the conversation and realize there was a misunderstanding.
{Like "Oh. Maybe I misunderstood. Or overreacted."}
The "Blocking" was so "thorough" that it seems like there's no way to undo it, or even to go back and verify{on second thought} that there was an actual problem.{not just a misunderstanding}
It's so hard to find someone that seems to work, that when this happens, and things seem to be almost set up to fail... As necessary as the blocking capability can be...I feel like it can cause almost irreparable damage/problems, if jumped to too soon.
There ought to be some way to fix that.

I met one...perhaps 4pm Eastern, or so.{give or take} that blocked me based on a misunderstanding. {GUARANTEE IT. NOT MY IMAGINATION} I had misunderstood something said. I tried to clarify it. That was misunderstood. Then I was blocked.

So the ONLY person that had REALLY gotten my attention{IN A MATTER OF SECONDS} had cut off contact{PERMANENTLY} based on a misunderstanding.

I don't have a solution here. I'm just trying to bring a fucked up problem to your attention.

I was already looking at travel to Orlando. Then a misunderstanding/blocking happened. Permanently, it would seem.
And I guarantee you this person...if they had given things a chance...we would've gotten along wonderfully...

WTF?! Ideas? Do you have any record of who that was? Etc?

How about a "possibility of going back/clarifying" option in the future?
Anything?

When I go to post a picture of my chest, which fades darker the further down it goes - thus, never revealing anything below the belly button, it is denied because it is “sexually suggestive”, but another user one mile away has not one, but 2 profile pics where he is completely nude except for a tiny pink thong outlining his package. Another one I have tried to get approved is a picture of a woman walking down the middle of a road with a popsicle stick in her mouth, and that one is denied because it’s somehow “drug related??” I don’t understand how one guy can get away with 2 practically nude profile pics but mine are too much? I’ve attached the 2 pics of the half naked guy and the pic of my girl and her popsicle stick.