Completely agree. This change is so asinine. Clearly there are no bators working at Grindr. You technically are into “jo” if you are a bator, but not everyone who is into “jo” is a bator. It’s become much more mainstream outside of bateworld in the last five years—an easy google search would enlighten the Grindr staff. It’s honestly no surprise that the term is getting conflated and watered down and misunderstood. I’m looking for other bators: penis-obsessed dong worshippers who want to bond over phallus. I’m not looking for some married DL masc guy who wants to silently jerk off next to me. Bring back the tag. Have not understood why you all can’t follow Scruff’s model of letting users input whatever tags they want.
Completely agree. This change is so asinine. Clearly there are no bators working at Grindr. You technically are into “jo” if you are a bator, but not everyone who is into “jo” is a bator. It’s become much more mainstream outside of bateworld in the last five years—an easy google search would enlighten the Grindr staff. It’s honestly no surprise that the term is getting conflated and watered down and misunderstood. I’m looking for other bators: penis-obsessed dong worshippers who want to bond over phallus. I’m not looking for some married DL masc guy who wants to silently jerk off next to me. Bring back the tag. Have not understood why you all can’t follow Scruff’s model of letting users input whatever tags they want.