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Joel Simkhai is back wh a new gay datg app, Motto, that aims to tamp down on behavr most associated wh his prev creatn.

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MEET MOTTO, THE NEW GAY DATG APP FROM THE CREATOR OF GRDR“NO MORE HEADLS TORSOS."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TECHBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHNOVEMBER 3, 2022/11:59 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2133PX;WIDTH:3200PX;}COURTY OF MOTTOBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHNOVEMBER 3, 2022 / 11:59 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"MEET MOTTO, THE NEW GAY DATG APP FROM THE CREATOR OF GRDR","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2022-11-03T15:59:03.776+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2022-11-03T15:59:03.776+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH","KEYWORDS":"GRDR, DATG & SEX","ARTICLESECTN":"TECH"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GOODBYE GRDR BLOOP?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BACK 2009, JOEL SIMKHAI LNCHED GRDR, THE GROUNDBREAKG GAY DATG APP WHICH REVOLUTNIZED THE QUEER HOOKUP SCENE. NOW, HIS FIRST VENTURE SCE LEAVG GRDR 2018, SIMKHAI HAS -FOUND A NEW EE MEMBERSHIP-BASED GAY DATG APP, MOTTO. THE APP LNCHED EARLIER THIS WEEK AND IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TO ERS NEW YORK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACRDG TO THE PRS RELEASE, MOTTO “FOC ON FDG YOU THE RIGHT PEOPLE, NOT JT THE CLOST - ON THE QUALY OF TERACTNS, NOT THE QUANTY.” THE APP WILL SHOW ERS "FIVE TO TEN PROFIL PER DAY," SIAR TO OTHER  DATG APPS LIKE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"EVERY PROFILE AND PHOTO IS REVIEWED AND VERIFIED," READS THE MOTTO SCREENSHOTS OM THE APPLE APP STORE. "EVERY PHOTO HAS A FACE. NO TFISH. NO HEADLS TORSOS."COURTY OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND WE WANTED TO BUILD AN EXPERIENCE THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO STAND FOR THEMSELV AND REPRENT THEMSELV AND TO BE FORTABLE PUTTG THEMSELV OUT THERE," SIMKHAI TOLD GIZMODO. "WH GRDR, I THK WE REVOLUTNIZED HOW QUEER PEOPLE STARTED MEETG AGA OR HOW THEY WERE ABLE TO MEET G THEIR PHON. THAT WAS 13 YEARS AGO. A LOT HAS CHANGED. WE’RE RPONDG TO THOSE CHANG."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MOTTO -FOUNR AND HEAD OF PRODUCT ALEX HOSTETLER SAID: “WE HEARD A LOT OF TRATN AND FATIGUE WH THE EXISTG APPS. FUNDAMENTALLY, WE THK HOOKUP CULTURE NEEDS A REH. THE GAY APPS ARE GOOD IF YOU’RE JT LOOKG FOR SOMEONE CLOSE, RIGHT NOW. BUT THE PROCS IS IMPERSONAL, ADDICTIVE, REPETIVE AND OFTEN TOXIC.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SIMKHAI SAYS MOTTO ERS SHOULD "SPEND NO MORE THAN 10 MUT A DAY ON THE APP AND THAT YOU ULD FD SOMEONE THAT QUICKLY AND THAT YOU’RE NOT SPENDG THE LN’S SHARE OF YOUR DAY SEARCHG FOR SOMEONE." HE ALSO ADDS HOW THEY ARE HOPG TO "CREATE A MUNY WHERE PEOPLE ARE RPECTFUL TOWARD ONE ANOTHER, WHERE THEY’RE NOT BEG DISCRIMATORY ANY FASHN. WE HAVE NO TOLERANCE FOR THAT."COURTY OF MOTTOMOTTO -FOUNRS ALEX HOSTETLER AND JOEL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THE VAST MAJORY OF GAY AND QUEER PEOPLE AREN’T SATISFIED WH THEIR ONLE HOOKUP AND DATG EXPERIENC," SIMKHAI SAID THE PRS RELEASE. "MOTTO’S GOAL IS TO HELP YOU FD SOMEONE YOU’RE TO WHOUT TRATN, RCE THE AMOUNT OF TIME YOU SPEND ON HOOKUP APPS TO JT A FEW MUT A DAY, AND BRG PEOPLE TOGETHER THE PHYSIL WORLD."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“WE BUILT MOTTO TO... SIMPLIFY THE PROCS OF HOOKG UP, AND BRG BACK THE FUN FDG SOMEONE YOU’RE TO," HE NTU. "MOTTO SHOULD BE JT AS POSIVE FOR YOUR MENTAL HEALTH AS IS FOR YOUR SEX LIFE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MOTTO IS LIVE NOW NEW YORK CY AND MIAMI, "WH PLANS TO EXPAND ACROSS THE UNED STAT AND GLOBALLY AS THE WALIST EACH CY GROWS." WILL YOU BE ADDG MOTTO TO YOUR DATG APP ROTATN?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;WIDTH:M(100%,342PX);MARG:0 TO;POSN:RELATIVE;MARG-TOP:LC(0PX + 24PX);MARG-BOTTOM:24PX;MARG-TOP:24PX;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){{FLOAT:RIGHT;MARG-RIGHT:80PX;MARG-LEFT:24PX;}}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;-MS-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;GAP:6PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;MAX-HEIGHT:104PX;WIDTH:100%;LE-HEIGHT:24PX;PADDG:16PX;BOX-SHADOW:0 2PX 4PX 0 RGBA(0,0,0,0.18);} A{LOR:#354A4E;TEXT-OVERFLOW:ELLIPSIS;WHE-SPACE:PRE-LE;-WEBK-BOX-ORIENT:VERTIL;-WEBK-LE-CLAMP:3;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;OVERFLOW:HIDN;} A:HOVER{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;}{FONT:NORMAL 400 1.6REM/1.5 "D REGULAR",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;MAX-HEIGHT:104PX;WIDTH:100%;LE-HEIGHT:24PX;PADDG:16PX;BOX-SHADOW:0 2PX 4PX 0 RGBA(0,0,0,0.18);} A{LOR:#354A4E;TEXT-OVERFLOW:ELLIPSIS;WHE-SPACE:PRE-LE;-WEBK-BOX-ORIENT:VERTIL;-WEBK-LE-CLAMP:3;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;OVERFLOW:HIDN;} A:HOVER{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;}GRDR IS “HORRIBLE” AT PROTECTG YOUR DATA, SAYS NEW USER PRIVACY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}GRDRDATG & {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

The gay and queer matchmakg app looks to change the hookup culture for the bt, acrdg to s founrs. * gay app motto *

The founr of Grdr, Joel Simkhai, has lnched a new gay and queer matchmakg app, om Simkhai and Alex Hostetler, is available New York Cy and Miami startg today, acrdg to a news is Simkhai's first venture sce he left Grdr 2018.

GRDR FOUNR JOEL SIMKHAI LNCH MOTTO, A GAY AND QUEER MATCHMAKG APP THAT RETHKS HOOKUP CULTURE

Read reviews, pare ctomer ratgs, see screenshots, and learn more about Motto: Meet Gay & Queer People. Download Motto: Meet Gay & Queer People and enjoy on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. * gay app motto *

"The vast majory of gay and queer people aren't satisfied wh their onle hookup and datg experienc. "The gay apps are good if you're jt lookg for someone close, right now. Back 2009, Joel Simkhai lnched Grdr, the groundbreakg gay datg app which revolutnized the queer hookup scene.

Now, his first venture sce leavg Grdr 2018, Simkhai has -found a new ee membership-based gay datg app, Motto. The gay apps are good if you’re jt lookg for someone close, right now.

MOTTO: MEET GAY & QUEER PEOPLE

Grdr founr Joel Simkhai recently lnched Motto, a new gay and queer matchmakg app foced on thenticy. * gay app motto *

"“The vast majory of gay and queer people aren’t satisfied wh their onle hookup and datg experienc, " Simkhai said the prs release. Grdr founr Joel Simkhai is still not done wh the gay datg app esystem, as the tech entreprenr recently lnched Motto, a new sp on the lotn-based social workg and onle datg app that he helped revolutnize. Simkhai found Grdr 2009 and would bee a transformative force society and a social phenomenon, as well as one of the first geosocial apps for gay men.

The app's associatn wh gay hookup culture and sual sex put at the center of censorship discsns; was also ced several issu ncerng racism and discrimatn the past. Acrdg to Fast Company, Simkhai lnched Grdr orr to mgle wh gay people Los Angel.

MOTTO: MEET GAY & QUEER PEOPLE REVIEWS

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Simkhai appears to have left some unfished bs when he lnched Motto, a new sex-posive matchmakg app for gay and queer hookups and sual datg. The app is now available on Google Play and is labeled 'Gay & Queer Hookups, ' but is said to be more of a high-qualy matchmakg experience bee will verify every applitn.

Motto is scribed official news releas as a ee, membership-based app that was veloped and signed wh the help of thoands of gay and queer people om var backgrounds across the untry. Joel Simkhai revolutnized gay datg.

MOTTO – GAY & QUEER HOOKUPS

Motto is the ee gay and queer, membership-based matchmakg app for sual datg * gay app motto *

Details magaze memorably troduced the app wh the headle, “Is That a Gay Bar Your Pocket? ” Grdr, which shows s queer ers who’s clost to them and how recently they’ve been onle, beme synonymo wh gay hookup culture and sual sex, though more than a few ers met long-term partners there as well.

The same year, Grdr was reported to have 13 ln Simkhai has lnched a new gay datg app, Motto. On s webse, Motto’s motto reads, “Gay and queer matchmakg for hookups and sual datg. Why should the broar queer muny tst two whe gay men to create an clive muny?

NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, November 1, 2022 / -- Motto, a sex-posive matchmakg app for gay and queer hookups and sual datg, om Joel Simkhai and Alex Hostetler, is now available New York Cy. Motto is Simkhai’s first venture sce leavg Grdr five years ago, and was created as a premium, ad-ee alternative for gay and queer muny members.

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Motto is the ee gay and queer, membership-based matchmakg app for hookups and sual datg. You serve a better way to match, chat, and get off. Here’s how Motto’s dog differently: ONE BATCH A DAY No more endls scrollg. Get one limed batch of new fac every day, and… * gay app motto *

“The vast majory of gay and queer people aren’t satisfied wh their onle hookup and datg experienc. Motto is a ee, membership-based app, veloped and signed g rearch and put om thoands of gay and queer people om different backgrounds across the untry.

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“The gay apps are good if you’re jt lookg for someone close, right now.

Grdr Founr Joel Simkhai Lnch Motto, a Gay and Queer Matchmakg App That Rethks Hookup Culture. Motto is the ee gay and queer, membership-based matchmakg app for sual datg.

Simkhai, a gay man and tech entreprenr, helped lnch the groundbreakg gay hookup and datg app 2009. By retroftg gay social and romantic teractns to the digal age, Grdr brought lns of people together ways that gay bars — the longtime fol pots of LGBTQ social scen — simply uldn’t. But unr Simkhai’s watch, also laid bare, and some say worsened, the physil and racial discrimatn that has long plagued the gay muny.

GIZMODO - Joel Simkhai is back wh a new gay datg app, Motto, that aims to tamp down on behavr most associated wh Grdr. Simkhai found Grdr 2009, two years after the first iPhone was unveiled. By 2018, he had sold to Beijg Kunlun Tech for $245M. The app was sold aga 2020 for $608.5M. In the same year, Grdr was reported to have 13M ers. Q: Why are you gettg back to the bs of onle datg? Joel Simkhai: One of my great joys life is beg a matchmaker and seeg people meet and nnect. Q: Why the name Motto? A: A motto is what ers stand for. And their profile is meant to be a statement. Q: The app says "No more headls torsos." Why is that? A: We really want to mimic the real-life experience of meetg someone at a bar, on the street, or at a party. What's the first thg you do when you meet them? You look them the eye. Q: How many ers do you have now? How long is the wa list? A: We're not we're not sharg specific er numbers right now. We jt lnched a... * gay app motto *

Gregory Sffidi / MottoSimkhai lnched a queer datg and hookup app this month lled Motto, which he says has novative featur to help prevent the “toxicy” and “discrimatn” that have st shadows over other gay datg apps, cludg the one he spearhead, amid a barrage of ntroversi for the better part of the last . ’” Motto is a sex-posive matchmakg app for gay and queer hookups and sual datg. ” The pany is still buildg up s team, and isn’t makg s er numbers public yet, he, meanwhile, ntu to domate the gay datg app space, wh about 11 ln monthly active ers around the world last year, acrdg to a pany news release.

In many ways, they reflect the racism, discrimatn and excln that persist more broadly wh gay culture, particularly among whe, cisgenr men. In fact, this was a theme of this summer’s groundbreakg film “Fire Island, ” which lled particular attentn to a racist phrase — “no fats, no femm, no Asians” — that is still pervasive on gay datg apps through d language, spe ntent moratn and discrimatn polici.

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