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Grindr overload in London!

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by Matt Akersten, 23rd July, 2012

A flood of new people logging into Grindr as Olympic Games athletes arrive in East London has led to a brief outage of the gay 'social networking' app as it struggles to keep up with demand.

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23rd July 2012, 05:49 PM Old #1

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Default Grindr overload in London!
All those closeted athletes at the Olympics catching up with local talent who won't recognise them. Much easier if you are an unknown athlete as no one will know who you are.
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I laughed when I read this in MX then thought what a shame so many are closeted but thats their call.
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23rd July 2012, 07:12 PM Old #3

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OMG, can i still get a ticket??? I'm going bitches!!!!


no i'm not
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23rd July 2012, 08:44 PM Old #4

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I wonder how many of the people logging on to GrindR are from the the Chinese Womens Swimming Team?
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OMG, can i still get a ticket??? I'm going bitches!!!!


no i'm not

fully booked. all the locals are asked to stay away from the tube and the roads. many londoners are heading overseas/coutryside to escape the crowds. london is a very crowded city, unlike sydney.
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Imagine all those wrestlers...
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24th July 2012, 08:31 AM Old #7

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This story about Grindr going down due to heavy demand from athletes is being considered as ridiculous nonsense on Twitter.

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This story about Grindr going down due to heavy demand from athletes is being considered as ridiculous nonsense on Twitter.

Imagine all those hot wreslters...they make great photo subjects...HINT! HINT!...
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I have never used Grindr, lol
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24th July 2012, 02:23 PM Old #10

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What as opposed to all time times grindr does login?

the fucking app is broken
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