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    John commented  · 

    This app has turned into nothing but a fake profile app... I get dozens of these a day, literally. They all have several things in common.
    There are about 5 different men that a photo of will be attached to the profile.
    They almost always have either an animal pictured with them, or they have some military picture.
    They tap you
    They start off with Hello Handsome, or some ridiculously worded phrase about how a hello comes not from the lips, but from the heart.
    They are almost always 32-35 years old, no matter if the photo looks 18 or 60
    They are almost always around 200 miles away, no matter where you are. I travel all over the world, and the same few profile pictures are always 200 miles from me no matter what state or country I am in.
    The messages sometimes show up as sent from iExplore or something to that effect.
    They have a heart emoji, LTR, or something similar in their profile name.
    They are always looking for an LTR
    No amount of blocking or reporting the profiles as any category will stop them. I've blocked as many as 2 dozen of the same profile photo in a single day, and new ones then magically appear again.

    I actually believe that these profiles are created and perpetrated by Grindr itself, to try to puff up their numbers. I was planning on cancelling my subscription, but got distracted by life and it got through for another 3 months. Fine, take my $29.99. I don't know who the **** would pay $79.99 for 3 months of harassment by fake profiles, but I guarantee you the it isn't being paid by any of the dozens of fake profiles I block per day.

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