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LoginJoel Simkhai, the creator of Grindr, a wildly popular mobile dating application for gay men, has spent a lot of time recently thinking about women. And two years after launching Grindr, which has been downloaded millions of times, the Israeli-born US citizen has come out with Blendr, a version of the app designed to appeal to both sexes and to heterosexuals. Like Grindr, Blendr uses the iPhone's GPS location-sensing technology to find and connect users of the program with other users near them. The Blendr app, launched last week as a free download from iTunes or on Facebook, displays pictures, profiles and interests of other users who have "checked in" nearby and allows them to begin messaging one another. Simkhai said he came up with Grindr after deciding that traditional online social networking was "not very social. Grindr was launched in and has been downloaded more than 2. To make the Blendr experience potentially more appealing to women, the Blendr team incorporated enhanced privacy and safety features and put greater emphasis on listing a user's interests -- from hobbies to sports to music to languages. We don't require a photo, we don't require your name, we don't require an email or a phone number. With a "location toggle," a Blendr user can determine how accurate they want their location setting to be to other users. You can control who can see you based on gender or sexual orientation or age.
Blendr is an app to meet people who share your tastes and interests. And if they are nearby, you can arrange to meet them for a drink, talk, or whatever. To use Blendr, you have to create a user account with a profile including your photo and you have to indicate what your tastes are and what you look for exactly. The more detailed your profile is, the more likely you'll find people who match what you're looking for. The easiest way to create the account, of course, is to link your Facebook account.
This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. The new app, which is free for Apple iOS devices and on Facebook, works by coupling location with like interests. The popular tool now has more than 2 million users worldwide, according to the company, and even spawned a political scandal in Puerto Rico think Anthony Weiner, but with an app instead of Twitter.
Find nearby dates with Blendr, the free, socially flirtatious chat-to-meet app. With more than million users around the world, Blendr is the best way to break the ice with more people around you. So, are you looking to find new people or what? Blendr is free to join and use.
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6/28/2024
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