I generally use Grindr everywhere, and Romeo used to be good in Thailand, but I'm not sure if that's true now. Is it?
Blued has been good...is it still?
Are there some good ones I'm missing?
I generally use Grindr everywhere, and Romeo used to be good in Thailand, but I'm not sure if that's true now. Is it?
Blued has been good...is it still?
Are there some good ones I'm missing?
Hornet
If I had to choose one app out of Blued, Grindr, Hornet, Romeo for SEAsia, it would be Blued.
For SE Asia, I agree, since Blued seems popular in Northern Thailand, Myanmar and Cambodia. However, I don't need Blued in Bangkok or Pattaya.
I use Grindr a lot in Bangkok and Pattaya. Firstly, a little cleaning up is required by blocking all the lady boys and anyone else defacing the screen. This app has unlimited numbers of blocks. Then sort through who remains. I like this. Grindr does have a problem with spammers, but it's only a problem when I am in England not Thailand. I e-mailed the Grindr directors about the spam and they are full of excuses, which explains why they have a problem. Companies that don't make excuses manage to fix such problems. However, it's still a good app for use in Bangkok and Pattaya.
Amazingly, Hornet is still popular in Thailand. Where I live in England, this app used to be popular, but now has fewer than 5% of the people compared with Grindr. This decline is almost certainly due to the intrusive adverts that hang around for 30 seconds or more and insist on opening a browser window, followed by the Google play store. Why people still use it in Thailand, I have no idea. Hornet deserve to fail.
Planet Romeo. Still popular in Bangkok and Pattaya, but less than Grindr or Hornet. Good free functions, but only 50 blocks allowed. Ideally, everyone would desert Hornet and move here.
General: Search with and without age limits, as some boys forget to show their age.
christianpfc (December 8th, 2021)
Hornet + Blued.
Grindr looks useless for me.
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goji (December 7th, 2021), poshglasgow (December 9th, 2021), vnman (December 8th, 2021)
goji (December 8th, 2021)
One problem that's not readily obvious is that Grindr has an American Puritan approach to profiles although there's some "realism" exercised in Thailand. In 1st World countries Grindr will remove any obvious reference to commercial sex in a profile especially if another member complains about it
Read the warnings, but the numbers under 27, showing online at 2km or less in Pattaya were:
Hornet 75
Grindr 49
Romeo 3
Blued 10
However, I have blocked a lot of profiles on Grindr. Mostly Ladyboys, plus a few no hopers. I'd imagine true numbers might be close to Hornet.
The interpretation of 2 km varies. A lad showing at 2km on Grindr is 2.5km on Romeo.
I imagine the definition of "online now" varies, but cannot confirm that. On Grindr, people seem to quickly switch from online to offline and back again. Nothing stops an app having a more flexible interpretation of "online now".
vnman (December 9th, 2021)