Fast forward to 2024, but even 2023, and Grindr feels like it’s done a complete 180. Now, it’s become almost worse than Craigslist ever was—full of chaotic energy, people who throw insults gratuitiously, and surely unfriendly questionable behavior. The conversations have gotten less human, and it seems like the people using the app are a lot more mental health wise poor. The sense of casual, respectful interaction that once existed has been drowned out by an overwhelming flood of bizarre demands, rude behavior, and extremes, people who are obviously unwell, but keep on the app like its crack. It’s hard to even recognize the app as the same one from 2011. The shift over the years has been dramatic, and Grindr now feels like a wild, unpredictable space, where you'll be insulted for no reason, people will come at you without you reaching to them, you're more likely to encounter insanity than genuine connections of once upon a time.