When he opened the app he was reminded of Google Maps, only instead of restaurants and shopping recommendations, he was inundated with nudes and suggestions for the nearest pump-and-dump. A map-based cruising platform for men of all sexual identifications gay, bi, DL , and straight-curiousβyes, you read that right , Sniffies has become something like an adults-only Disneyland for queer men interested in sex-positive, no-strings-attached casual encounters.
Sniffies is not your typical dating app , or a dating app at all, really. In lieu of the standard song and dance on Tinder or Bumble, where conversations are bogged down in endless chatter that often never lead to an IRL meeting, on Sniffies you can anonymously browse a map of men searching for sex with other men. Along with web-apps BKDR short for backdoor , Motto , and Doublelist think a more streamlined Craigslist personals , it has reignited an appeal in cruising culture that for so long had been taboo, even among certain queer circles.
It rewired how and where people search for connection. Launched in , Sniffies was the brainchild of former Seattle-based architect Blake Gallagher. A problem-solver by nature, Gallagher was fascinated by the way urban environments influence sexual interactions.
These figures are based on the highest number of sessions within a geographic area. Perhaps most surprisingly, the app experienced a percent increase of straight-identifying users in According to the company, the average Sniffies user identifies as vers BKDR is another rising player among the burgeoning world of queer cruising apps.
The demand certainly seems to be thereβand the potential for such apps is only growing. Growth brings its own set of problems, however. A recent Reddit post detailed how a more conservative kind of user now inhabits Sniffies. Sniffies took off following the Covid outbreak in , and Martin believes the isolation of the pandemic led to users being more open-minded about cruising. Big Story: The school shootings were fake.
