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gay apps popular in Ireand

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  • 19-09-2015 12:27pm
    #1
    1983211
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34 ✭


    I live in a small town in the middle of the country and so it is difficult to meet gay people. I registered for grindr and there are tons of people nearby (who knew ...) anyway, it is mostly for hook ups and I am not into that. I wish to find friends without any agenda.

    I am humble, but it seems I am attractive as I take care of myself, so I am horrified by messages I get on grindr and it is quiet difficult to filter who is nice and who is not.

    Is there another app or website that is popular in Ireland? I know there are many apps but usually nobody nearby ..

    Any ideas ?


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    mattP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 255 ✭✭mattP


    I think grindr is a huge heap of ****e too :p I joined and just said in my profile that im only there to meet other guys and make friends. After about a week I had a hanful of sound lads my age (17 - so shouldn't have been on it anyway ðŸ˜), gave em my snapchat and deleted grindr. From those guys I've met about two or three others, so I'd say if you find a nice guy just keep in with him and you'll start to pick up friends (or more if thats what you want) along the way :)


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    Grey Wind
    Registered Users Posts: 95 ✭✭Grey Wind


    Tinder is probably your best bet for friends, there's less of a focus on hooking up and it's not anonymous.


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    #4
    wakka12
    Registered Users Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    Tinder and grindr are the only gay apps with a large number of irish users from what I can see


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    Niemoj
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,104 ✭✭✭Niemoj


    Yep, +1 for Grindr.

    I find if you state in your profile that you're not after NSA/hookups then those seeking that'll stay away.


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    playedalive
    Closed Accounts Posts: 750 ✭✭✭playedalive


    Niemoj wrote: »
    Yep, +1 for Grindr.

    I find if you state in your profile that you're not after NSA/hookups then those seeking that'll stay away.

    I remember a year or so ago, I would have cursed grindr for its sleaziness. It is what it is, but it's easy to pigeonhole too. I don't think tinder is much different. But I recently downloaded it after moving back to Ireland and I've had some nice chats. Obviously you get the odd nutjob or catfish, but it takes a while to meet that (those) nice guy(s)
    ;)


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    Niemoj
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,104 ✭✭✭Niemoj


    playedalive wrote: »
    I remember a year or so ago, I would have cursed grindr for its sleaziness. It is what it is, but it's easy to pigeonhole too. I don't think tinder is much different. But I recently downloaded it after moving back to Ireland and I've had some nice chats. Obviously you get the odd nutjob or catfish, but it takes a while to meet that (those) nice guy(s)
    ;)

    Oh definitely. I myself have had a bit of a nutter in an eircom van come after me!:pac:

    But that's a different story, for me and my therapist in a few years time haha.

    Ya have to take the bad with the good.


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    Rick_
    Registered Users Posts: 2,606 ✭✭✭Rick_


    Stating that you're not looking for hook-ups/NSA will keep the majority of those who are looking for that away, but a few odd nutjobs will still message you and waste your time. Usually if they don't have a face pic for their profile picture, they are a time waster, or at least that's been my experience of it.

    I used Grindr and I found myself a boyfriend on it and we are still together almost 20 months on. I looked at his profile picture and thought that he was gorgeous and wayyy out of my league, but I took a chance and messaged him (fully expecting to be blocked instantly), we ended up getting on like a house on fire immediately and still do to this day.

    There are positives and negatives to all forms of dating, it just all depends on how committed you are to persevere through the bad to get to the good.


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    J_E
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,734 ✭✭✭J_E


    I like Scruff and Growlr. Gaydar is alright, hit and miss but definitely not as bad as Grindr. I was never much of a 'type' for Grindr anyway.


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    Iopu
    Registered Users Posts: 182 ✭✭Iopu


    Tinder is good for filtering out guys your not into. But unfortunately with these apps getting messages off faceless accounts and guys 20 years older than your preferance is very common.


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    #11
    Fleawuss
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,681 ✭✭✭Fleawuss


    Flaw in the matrix: bot numbers showing.


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    Annasopra
    Registered Users Posts: 40,814 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    Fleawuss wrote: »
    Flaw in the matrix: bot numbers showing.

    You've lost me

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    Terry Pratchet



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