Eventually, we broke up and shortly after, he began a relationship with someone he met on Instagram. The difference was that Grindr has a reputation for being a hook up app for horny gays, whereas Instagram is an innocuous photo sharing app for everyone. It dawned on me that he was using the app in the same way I had been using Grindr. Being an adept user of the app, he knew how to attract followers using hashtags and comments and then making friends by commenting and eventually sliding into the DMs. Over time it became clear to me that there was more than met the eye for his affinity for Instagram. That would be ludicrous, right? One is a hook up app and the other is a fun app to share photos with your social network. I, however, did not ask him to delete his Instagram. So I told him that I was on Grindr and he informed me he didn’t use “hook up apps.” When I asked about social media, he confessed his love for Instagram.Īfter a few more dates, I deleted my Grindr on his request. ![]() Inevitably the question of ” what apps are you on?” came up. ![]() For the record, we didn’t meet online – it was an organic encounter (gasp!)- and so we had no prior knowledge of each other. Years ago I was dating someone who opened my eyes to the emergence of Instagram as a dating app. Instagram is making Grindr irrelevant in 2019
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