The lonely grind

Published April 18, 2024 9:00pm ET



The largest smartphone “dating” app for gay people believes it can boost its stock price, it seems, by optimizing even more for promiscuity and sex with strangers.

Dating sites typically try to match users with other users who live in the same city. Grindr’s executives worry that this standard is growing stale, according to media accounts, and dragging share prices down. In response, the app is launching a new function it calls “Roam,” which allows users to find “dates” in any city they may be traveling to for a night.

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