It's such a squandered opportunity from a product prospective. Yes, sure, Grindr started with being just about sex. But there's a huge interest amongst gay peo

It's such a squandered opportunity from a product prospective. Yes, sure, Grindr started with being just about sex. But there's a huge interest amongst gay people for long term relationships and a dearth of apps that cater to them. OKCupid was, for a time, a go-to app for gay men interested in LTRs. But OKC never capitalized on that opportunity -- never built features, or outreach, or anything to grow that niche. Plus, a couple years ago they dramatically changed the app (in ways to address issues for straight users) which negatively affected gay LTR-oriented men. Tinder is now the primary app for LTR-oriented gay men, and it's terrible. Filtering options suck. The matching system is terrible. Grindr could've been more than it is. It could've had a monopoly over the entire gay men dating app vertical -- for short term and long term relationships. But they squandered that opportunity. If the software had been better, and if the management and community side had been better, I think we'd be talking today about Grindr as a successful model for a startup. But nope, we're reading articles like this instead.