A fresh,invitation-only homosexual dating app is likely to become an exclusive club that rejects anyone who doesn’t fit the ideal of masculine and muscularAlmost every week a fresh homosexual dating app joins the market. Competing against the likes of Grindr and Scruff most will likely fall into the abyss, never to be heard of again. But one recently sparked my interest: Hanky. Hanky, or launched a couple of weeks ago,will aim to “avoid the perils of online dating such as ‘catfishing’, ‘creeps and ‘time wasters’” by making it so that users can only join if invited by another user or voted in by three others. The site boasts that that “at least eight out of 10 prospects conclude not bag in”, or making it a pretty exclusive club. But co-founder Jonas Cornfield doesn’t care. As he said: We will probably never bear five million members like some of these other apps because so many bag turned away. But we’ll choose quality over quantity any day … our users are nicer and more sexy. Related: How Instagram is being given a homosexual makeover Related: I’ve changed my mind on the homosexual cake row. Here’s why | Peter Tatchell Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com