There are, of course, many apps that cater to those specific niches, too. Any time spent chatting comes down to aligning on specific kinks and fetishes.” When you’re on Sniffies, there’s no question that the guys you’re chatting with are looking for pretty much exactly the same thing you are. “What makes hybrid apps like Grindr especially frustrating to use is that you need to wade through all of the profiles who are looking for one or the other.
“The other apps in our space are actually dating-hookup hybrid apps,” Eli says. In general, the desire of the digital generation to subvert the back-and-forth chatting to immediately meet IRL. The demand for resources that facilitate no-strings-attached sex for both parties has also birthed apps like HUD - allowing users to be anonymous, like Sniffies - or the post code-oriented Blendr, which both priotize physical over emotional intimacy.
While the evolution of “wam, bam, thank you ma’am ” technology hasn’t happened overnight, the industry is fast-evolving.