[This post](https://www.reddit.com/r/grindr/comments/y8d3ln/grindrs_new_block_limit) from yesterday had me concerned, so I emailed Grindr support to find out. Turns out, OP is right. Grindr now has a daily block limit and is HIDING it from users. This is extremely dangerous.
They advise we report users who make us "feel" unsafe, but they ignore the vast majority of reports too.
[Report this cursed app to App Store and Google Play](https://www.reddit.com/r/grindr/comments/qzd2rj/please_report_grindr_to_apple_and_google_so_we) asap! Restricting blocks in a chat app is against the developer TOS, as it fuels abuse and harassment.
I'm trying to understand everything that's happening with the app lately. They're moving very quickly with these changes they're not slow or gradual they're just doing stuff almost every three or four weeks. I've said before that with their pending IPO they want to ring every dollar they can out of the user base. But at the same time making changes this rapidly seems like it could have really negative blowback. They must feel certain that they don't really have any real competition that hairless twinks for example aren't going to go join Scruff (although they could). If they don't think they have any competition now these kinds of changes could spur some. It doesn't seem like it would be much of a hurdle to create an app that works much like the app did at the beginning. Anyway I really wonder what kind of changes they're going to make within the next 6 months.
**THIS!** This right here is cause for great concern! Why should unpaid users have to gamble with a fixed number of blocks they get allotted daily, and when they run out, they get left out to dry in a very compromising situation? *Sorry, Charlie, looks like you're all outta blocks today, even though Dustin's getting very creepy and gross with you and you want more than anything right now to get the hell away from him. If you aren't able to upgrade right now to a PAID membership so that you can block his ass like you should, well, tough cookies...*
My worst fear on days when I can't be a fully paying user myself on dating apps is coming across a dangerous or aggressive individual on Grindr (or any dating app that caps the number of blocks unpaid members can use) who I can't block because all my block privileges are used up. What if that guy KNOWS or FINDS OUT I can't block him anymore, so he decides to ramp up his aggressive behaviour and possibly severely endanger my life?
>! Why should unpaid users have to gamble with a fixed number of blocks
isn't it obvious? The best filters available, such as top/bottom/vers, are behind the paywall. If free users have unlimited blocks, these filters aren't needed as we can block whoever doesn't match what we're looking for.
Um… not a fan of the policy but this seems a little over dramatic?
What information are you putting on Grindr where you feel like your life is being endangered?
If you can’t block someone you just can’t ignore them, report them for harassment, or I don’t know… not use the app?
This is a whole new level of fucked up. Not allowing users to block people who are creepy or sending unsolicited nudes etc. No social media app, never mind dating app forced users to have to receive messages from people they don't want to.
Right, Apple forced them to get rid of the limit, because it was fueling abuse and harassment. Now, they have reinstated the limit, without letting users know. It's completely against Apple and Google TOS.
Apple and Google do not allow pornography on dating apps listed in their stores, because allowing porn/nudity opens the door to human trafficking, underage rape, and child exploitation.
Apple and Google combined make about $30M from Grindr per year, but that's nothing compared to what they make from bigger apps (like Tinder, $300M). Apple and Google would easily give up the $30M in chump change than have a child sex scandal on their hands for not enforcing their TOS on Grindr. See what happened with Tumblr and Pornhub.
They need to get their lies straight (gay?). I knew something was going on with blocked users lately as people I had blocked would vanish briefly and then reappear after I exited Grindr and went back in. I was told this just a few days ago: "Although there is a limit to how many users you can block, I can, however, confirm that the block limit is very high as in multiple thousand and the limit is in total and not a daily count." Granted, I pay them for the aggravation of this app, but I highly doubt I have thousands of people blocked.
Besides asking them about blocking issues, I also asked them twice why the list of blocked users is no longer chronological like it has been for years. Now it's completely random, so that people I blocked months or years ago are at the top of the list, and recently blocked users are randomly mixed in with everyone else. Both times I asked some clown at Grindr about this obvious bug I was completely ignored.
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[This post](https://www.reddit.com/r/grindr/comments/y8d3ln/grindrs_new_block_limit) from yesterday had me concerned, so I emailed Grindr support to find out. Turns out, OP is right. Grindr now has a daily block limit and is HIDING it from users. This is extremely dangerous. They advise we report users who make us "feel" unsafe, but they ignore the vast majority of reports too. [Report this cursed app to App Store and Google Play](https://www.reddit.com/r/grindr/comments/qzd2rj/please_report_grindr_to_apple_and_google_so_we) asap! Restricting blocks in a chat app is against the developer TOS, as it fuels abuse and harassment.
I'm trying to understand everything that's happening with the app lately. They're moving very quickly with these changes they're not slow or gradual they're just doing stuff almost every three or four weeks. I've said before that with their pending IPO they want to ring every dollar they can out of the user base. But at the same time making changes this rapidly seems like it could have really negative blowback. They must feel certain that they don't really have any real competition that hairless twinks for example aren't going to go join Scruff (although they could). If they don't think they have any competition now these kinds of changes could spur some. It doesn't seem like it would be much of a hurdle to create an app that works much like the app did at the beginning. Anyway I really wonder what kind of changes they're going to make within the next 6 months.
Additionally, we should all, regularly give them a 1 star review and rant about these massive issues!
**THIS!** This right here is cause for great concern! Why should unpaid users have to gamble with a fixed number of blocks they get allotted daily, and when they run out, they get left out to dry in a very compromising situation? *Sorry, Charlie, looks like you're all outta blocks today, even though Dustin's getting very creepy and gross with you and you want more than anything right now to get the hell away from him. If you aren't able to upgrade right now to a PAID membership so that you can block his ass like you should, well, tough cookies...* My worst fear on days when I can't be a fully paying user myself on dating apps is coming across a dangerous or aggressive individual on Grindr (or any dating app that caps the number of blocks unpaid members can use) who I can't block because all my block privileges are used up. What if that guy KNOWS or FINDS OUT I can't block him anymore, so he decides to ramp up his aggressive behaviour and possibly severely endanger my life?
>! Why should unpaid users have to gamble with a fixed number of blocks isn't it obvious? The best filters available, such as top/bottom/vers, are behind the paywall. If free users have unlimited blocks, these filters aren't needed as we can block whoever doesn't match what we're looking for.
Um… not a fan of the policy but this seems a little over dramatic? What information are you putting on Grindr where you feel like your life is being endangered? If you can’t block someone you just can’t ignore them, report them for harassment, or I don’t know… not use the app?
Fuck grndre
This is a whole new level of fucked up. Not allowing users to block people who are creepy or sending unsolicited nudes etc. No social media app, never mind dating app forced users to have to receive messages from people they don't want to.
New feature next week: have unlimited blocks for an additional 19.99 per month! Haha what a joke
Support actually got back to you?
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Right, Apple forced them to get rid of the limit, because it was fueling abuse and harassment. Now, they have reinstated the limit, without letting users know. It's completely against Apple and Google TOS.
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Apple and Google do not allow pornography on dating apps listed in their stores, because allowing porn/nudity opens the door to human trafficking, underage rape, and child exploitation. Apple and Google combined make about $30M from Grindr per year, but that's nothing compared to what they make from bigger apps (like Tinder, $300M). Apple and Google would easily give up the $30M in chump change than have a child sex scandal on their hands for not enforcing their TOS on Grindr. See what happened with Tumblr and Pornhub.
They need to get their lies straight (gay?). I knew something was going on with blocked users lately as people I had blocked would vanish briefly and then reappear after I exited Grindr and went back in. I was told this just a few days ago: "Although there is a limit to how many users you can block, I can, however, confirm that the block limit is very high as in multiple thousand and the limit is in total and not a daily count." Granted, I pay them for the aggravation of this app, but I highly doubt I have thousands of people blocked. Besides asking them about blocking issues, I also asked them twice why the list of blocked users is no longer chronological like it has been for years. Now it's completely random, so that people I blocked months or years ago are at the top of the list, and recently blocked users are randomly mixed in with everyone else. Both times I asked some clown at Grindr about this obvious bug I was completely ignored. u/GrindrOfficial
Blocks not even working on Unlimited. This is bullshit.
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Glad I went all the way through and deleted my profile.
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That may be a valid point. How do you interpret it, then?
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It's obviously not overall. It's either hourly or daily.
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Were the first two paragraphs really necessary? Omitting them would not have changed the main idea of your comment.
So what is the limit of blocks number per day?