Are Facebook Dating Applications Heterocentric?

Facebook dating applications don't have the same appeal for people of all sexual orientations, suggesting there's still plenty of opportunities for more focused apps in the space.

Dating applications on Facebook don’t appeal equally to people of all sexual orientations, according to my own surveys of friends who date members of the same sex (at least 50 percent of the time).

The category killer has nothing to do with Facebook (but perhaps it could some day): Grindr, the mobile phone service that helps gay and bisexual men find each other based on location. It appears that the only nonhetero men who aren’t using Grindr are in monogamous relationships.

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