Here's an extract: 'With an emphasis on good taste, Distinc.tt is sleekly designed to easily lead users to the right event, restaurant, party, or vacation spot for the moment or upcoming calendar, where their friends are or plan to go soon.' How do I know this? Well, I can read press releases.
Implicit in this rococo marketing speak is the notion that gay people know where it's at before, you know, other sorts of people do. Instead, and I'm quoting the company now, Distinc.tt 'uses real-time collective knowledge to connect trendsetting crowds and travelers to the places and people that best reflect their distinct interests.' This, they claim, is 'the only gay social app approved by the iTunes store for 12-year-olds and older.'īefore you mount your high, sweaty horse and exert a moral gallop over the idea, might I say that this app doesn't have sex at its core? Some very clever Harvard types (are there any other kind?) believe that, when it comes to apps, the gay community hasn't offered the full bloom of its most tasteful side. The fine urban studies theorist Richard Florida has offered that cities thrive when they attract a dynamic gay population.
Do you feel that the gay community is all too often symbolized by shiny torsos with a body fat percentage below 3?ĭo you sense that when you think of gay apps, the first that comes to mind is Grindr?īut what about gay taste? What about the gay sense of style?
