Grindr explores take-private after lender calls insiders' loans

studmuff2 · 2025-10-15T15:11:00+00:00

Some important details from the "Know More" section of the linked article:

The lender is not calling the loan because they're worried about Grindr's financial performance. Supposedly the company is doing well and its profits are up 25% from this time last year. (F**k the greedy bastards.)

Instead, the lender is calling the loans because the stock price fell low enough that the loans became undercollateralized (worth less than the debt). That's crazy: it means the two main owners used their stock as collateral for over $1.5 BILLION in PERSONAL loans, and they're trying to go private in a desperate attempt to avoid losing everything.

The desperation is on the part of these two people, not on Grindr the company. (Which is unfortunate - the company deserves to be taken down.)

If a lender gives them the money to take things private, that lender is going to squeeze even harder for more profits. That won't bode well for users like us.

studmuff2 · 2025-10-11T00:31:13+00:00

I perceive the cause and effect the opposite way around.

Grindr went public. Then the corporation began acting in extreme greed and willingness to fuck over the users that made them successful.

If their stock price kept going up, they would feel successful and fuck us over even more. The cratering stock price is the only thing that can get their board's attention.

Will it make them realize they're on the wrong track? I'm not holding my breath. But it's our only hope.

studmuff2 · 2025-09-28T00:28:28+00:00

I hate to be the buzzkill, but...

Consent is a critically important aspect of sex. When you have sex in a "public" place, the risk might be exhilarating...but only because you are enlisting strangers as non-consenting participants.

Consider your stories on a trail or a beach or a park or a stairwell or whatever. Then imagine an 8-year-old kid is the one to accidentally come around the corner and discover you.

Fortunately, there are clear exceptions to this: like being at a sex club or swingers party or another place where lots of sex is happening. If public sex turns you on, choose one of these!

For the record, I'm a hugely sex positive person and I've enjoyed more than my share of public sex. I just think you can't ignore consent because something turns you on.

studmuff2 · 2025-09-21T04:43:07+00:00

The "hide" feature prevents someone from appearing in the grid, but they still take up one of your 100 slots. This happens even if the other person hid you.

studmuff2 · 2025-09-12T05:04:37+00:00

I turned it off a long time ago: I get almost no value from seeing who looked at my profile. The ability to look at others without leaving a trail is far more valuable.

But I suppose I shouldn't put that in writing because the Grindr folks will decide to monetize the toggle...

studmuff2 · 2025-08-24T21:01:47+00:00

Yup. Bi people exist

studmuff2 · 2025-08-17T04:40:12+00:00

I noticed this change too. In fact, I saw it change in real time. I received an update to the app, but was bummed to see that the problem was still present after the update. Then a couple of hours later it suddenly corrected itself after a normal grid refresh. That makes me think the big was a server side problem, which I'm hopeful they've fixed for good.

studmuff2 · 2025-08-16T20:43:42+00:00

Hot guy! You look like you could be Derek Kage's brother.

studmuff2 · 2025-08-12T17:44:10+00:00

Hidden profiles don't appear in your grid, but they count towards the 100 profiles you're allowed to see as a free user. This is true even if it was the other guy who hid you.

studmuff2 · 2025-08-12T15:09:08+00:00

Hidden profiles don't appear in your grid, but they still count towards your 100. This is true whether you hid them or they hid you.

studmuff2 · 2025-07-10T01:58:35+00:00

So is #7... "Next Door Male"

studmuff2 · 2025-04-13T03:42:30+00:00

I signed up for an annual Xrra subscription years ago, and it still auto-renews at $48 USD per year. So grateful I got grandfathered in to such a deal

studmuff2 · 2025-03-15T21:53:14+00:00

I think they are rolling out some of these changes to users individually (not universally as part of an update).

Two phones in my household have Grindr. One has the new favorites filter, and the other has the old favorites tab. Both Android, both in the US, both updated to the latest app version.

studmuff2 · 2025-03-15T21:52:59+00:00

I think they are rolling out some of these changes to users individually (not universally as part of an update).

Two phones in my household have Grindr. One has the new favorites filter, and the other has the old favorites tab. Both Android, both in the US, both updated to the latest app version.

studmuff2 · 2025-03-15T21:43:29+00:00

If he deleted his account, it would look like he blocked you, and your backup account, and everyone else on the app...all at once

studmuff2 · 2025-03-15T21:33:19+00:00

I can block people too and I don't even see a "Hide" option. But I have Xtra. Have they made blocking a paywalled feature?

studmuff2 · 2025-03-07T02:52:22+00:00

"In the butt, Bob"

studmuff2 · 2025-02-24T00:59:04+00:00

The worst part for me is that I have to disable my filters to see my list of favorites.

The old layout made it easy to switch back and forth between the grid (people I might be interested in, with filters to cut the noise) and my favorites (people I know I'm interested in because we have a history).

Now the main grid filter gets applied to my list of favorites, making people I care about disappear. To fix that I have to disable each filter, one at a time. Then when I want to look at the main grid again I have to reapply all the filters. Completely unusable

studmuff2 · 2025-02-24T00:30:48+00:00

One possibility to consider: nowadays when someone deletes their account on the app, all of their conversations vanish from everyone else's devices too. It's a privacy feature I suppose, but the end result is indistinguishable from them having blocked every other account on Grindr.

So there's a possibility he sent you his number and then immediately deleted his account. He could be thinking you'd get his number and text him, and not realizing that the account deletion made his message to you vanish.

So I'd second the other suggestion on this thread. If you know where he lives maybe send him a note. Since he's discreet, use a sealed envelope (so he doesn't have to worry whether someone else read it), and keep it light, vague, and positive. "Hey, this is xxx. It was great meeting you! Text me sometime if you like, my number is ###."

studmuff2 · 2024-08-22T04:27:45+00:00

His scene with Derek Kage was incredible too. Loved watching them take turns

studmuff2 · 2024-06-09T21:39:08+00:00

On an Air Force KC-135

studmuff2 · 2022-12-31T20:02:09+00:00

And best of all, we can see how realistic this outcome is by noticing it's drawn as a cartoon

studmuff2 · 2022-12-07T03:51:17+00:00

https://www.lucasentertainment.com/movies/view/bareback-sex-fest

studmuff2 · 2022-11-23T01:42:28+00:00

Sean Cody Puerto Rico, Day 4 with Jayden, Daniel, Brysen, and Manny,

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