Professional networking instead of sex: 25% of Grindr users use the dating site not only for dating, but also for networking
Open a dating site and find a job through it in addition to a relationship or a hot date? It seems a bit far-fetched, but according to statistics kept by Grindr, the operator of the famous gay dating site of the same name, it's entirely possible. In fact, it's more common than you'd think.
Even the company's CEO himself has experience with professional relationships on Grindr, and in his own words, he has "established a working relationship or even hired a number of people he has met through the app." "We encourage people to network through Grindr," he said in a statement to The Wall Street Journal.
A quarter don't date, but work
About 25% of its users use Grindr for so-called networking, or making work and professional relationships. According to Insider, they include both young professionals and senior employees in leadership positions.
"We know that people use our app to meet new people in their field and in new cities," reads the company's official statement. "We have plenty of anecdotal evidence that people have made relationships that have led to professional opportunities like jobs."
Other dating sites, on the other hand, stay away from professional relationships. Tinder, for example, calls in its Community Guidelines for users to "establish personal relationships, not business ones." Hinge, on the other hand, wants people to "represent themselves authentically" on it, and aims to allow people to make "meaningful relationships."
