If Grindr suddenly disabled all fake accounts, their user count would be cut in half easily — so I don’t hold out much hope they’ll make any real verification retroactive. What the could do, though, is two things: offer a separate one time identity verification service for a few bucks, then allow users to filter so they only see verified profiles. Making the verification robust, cheap, and effective to use would be a way for legit users to see only each other and push the junk/spam/whatever out of the way as if they weren’t even there.
If Grindr suddenly disabled all fake accounts, their user count would be cut in half easily — so I don’t hold out much hope they’ll make any real verification retroactive. What the could do, though, is two things: offer a separate one time identity verification service for a few bucks, then allow users to filter so they only see verified profiles. Making the verification robust, cheap, and effective to use would be a way for legit users to see only each other and push the junk/spam/whatever out of the way as if they weren’t even there.