Grindr supports a diverse community of users, which is as it should be. My friends and significant others of color uniformly express that they are regularly targeted on Grindr (and other apps) on the basis of their race. Two suggestions re: this phenomenon and my (hopefully Grindr's) desire to maintain a safe, welcoming community around LGBTQ sexuality: First, I think it is important that Grindr have a more robust reporting mechanism for hate speech. The burden to "block" racist users should not fall on those targeted; furthermore, Grindr should make it a part of its mission to support these members of our community in proactive ways. So, users should be able to report profiles for racist behavior and have those profiles removed promptly, with a message to the user detailing the reason for the removal. Second, profiles with "no ____" should not, I think, be tolerated when they are exclusionary on the basis of race or, for that matter, body type. There is a filtering option for Xtra users who feel the need to exclude certain communities from their experience.
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Grindr supports a diverse community of users, which is as it should be. My friends and significant others of color uniformly express that they are regularly targeted on Grindr (and other apps) on the basis of their race. Two suggestions re: this phenomenon and my (hopefully Grindr's) desire to maintain a safe, welcoming community around LGBTQ sexuality: First, I think it is important that Grindr have a more robust reporting mechanism for hate speech. The burden to "block" racist users should not fall on those targeted; furthermore, Grindr should make it a part of its mission to support these members of our community in proactive ways. So, users should be able to report profiles for racist behavior and have those profiles removed promptly, with a message to the user detailing the reason for the removal. Second, profiles with "no ____" should not, I think, be tolerated when they are exclusionary on the basis of race or, for that matter, body type. There is a filtering option for Xtra users who feel the need to exclude certain communities from their experience.