Let’s Go Spread Some AIDS
8th September 2011
For months, gay men have been using a hugely popular iPhone application, Grindr, to find nearby dates. Now the company behind Grindr is going straight with the more innocently-named Blendr.
The new free app comes weeks after OKCupid, the free dating site, launched an app that lets its members scroll through a list of other members who happen to be close by. Like Grindr, Blendr and OKCupid Locals use the mapping software on iPhones to give you a list of singles (or non-singles, for that matter) who are within walking distance and willing to meet up for, say, a drink.
Yeah. Sure. A drink.
‘Hey, what are you drinking?’ ‘Don’t ask the question if you’re not ready for the answer.’
Like Grindr, Blendr will also monitor profiles for inappropriate material like nude photos and profanity. Users can also report others for “offensive content and conduct.” And when necessary, the company will cooperate with authorities to track down people who have broken the law while using the service.
And if you believe that one, they’ll tell you another one.
September 8th, 2011 at 10:22
I think predatr would be a better name. What a sweet set up for a rapist… Or do they have a rapist app?
September 8th, 2011 at 11:25
The possibilities are nearly endless. They could even combine apps – like a Pet Finder with a Bestiality App.
Maybe a better app would be one that warned you about what apps people around you were using.
September 8th, 2011 at 20:08
Isn’t technology wonderful? First flash mobs, now apps for sex trysts.
The genie is truly out of the bottle.