Showing posts with label social. Show all posts
Showing posts with label social. Show all posts

Friday, April 4, 2014

Happy 5 Year Anniversary Grindr!!


On March 25, 2014, Grindr turned 5 years old.

Since their inception in 2009, Grindr has taken the world by storm, experiencing explosive growth with iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Android and BlackBerry users in 192 countries. To date, they have more than five million active monthly users on the app and their daily chat messages have topped 38+ million. Not to mention the number of Grindr photos sent has jumped to over 3.1 million a day, and has been downloaded more than 10 million times! 
To celebrate the 5 year milestone, their massive user base was surveyed to learn about the habits and trends among the guys that use the app. Users got personal and shared their meet-up history, favorite feature on a guy, and more. 

Check out the below info-graphic for the results:




Monday, October 1, 2012

The #1 Person who you need to take off your facebook friend list is...



Remove that bookmark to your former flame’s Facebook page. Staying connected to an ex on Facebook can halt your recovery from the breakup and stunt your personal growth, according to a new study in Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking.

Researchers asked 464 people to answer questions about a past distressing breakup, including how much time had passed since the split, which partner initiated it, and how much contact they’ve had with their ex since calling it quits.

After crunching the data, researchers found that remaining friends on Facebook actually resulted in less desire, attraction, and longing for the ex. But those who consistently kept tabs on their ex’s page were more likely to feel distressed, lonely, and hung-up on the breakup. (You don’t have to be stuck in a rut forever)

Ultimately, Facebook isn’t really to blame for your lack of closure. Instead, it’s not having enough self-control—plus a persistent need to seek out information—that leaves you permanently bitter from the breakup, says Tara C. Marshall, Ph.D., lead study author and psychologist at Brunel University in England.

So what’s a guy to do if he can’t nix his addiction to sifting through her pictures and status updates? Unfriend, unfollow, and un . . . whatever it is you do on Instagram. But that’s not enough—you also have to ditch anything that remotely reminds you of her, says Melysha Acharya, founder of BrokenHeartedGirl.com and author of The Breakup Workbook for Men.
“Get rid of that blanket you cuddled together under, move your bed, buy a new bedspread, and rearrange your couch and your flatscreen so the familiar look of your living room doesn’t stir up old memories,” Acharya says.

And for a super fun way to get over her for good, fantasize about women—lots of ‘em. A 2009 study in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin found that merely thinking about the number of available women you know helps reduce feelings of attachment to your ex.