UMnu Simkhai KUKHO ABANTWANA ABANINZI ABONWABILEYO abaye bafumana umdlalo wabo ogqibeleleyo eGrindr, inethiwekhi yokuncokola yamadoda angatshatanga, kodwa umsunguli uJoel Simkhai unento ayithandayo.
Kwakukho igosa lomkhosi emkhosini, elalime eBaghdad nase Kuwait, utshilo umnumzana Simkhai emnxebeni ovela eLos Angeles, apho ahlala khona. Usebenzise uGrindr ukunxibelelana namanye amadoda angamajoni kwezomkhosi-nabahlali!
Isicelo se-smartphone, esiqale ngo-Matshi 2009, sisebenzisa iGPS Itekhnoloji yokuqulunqa iiprofayili zamadoda athandana namanye asondele kakhulu kumsebenzisi. Oko yasungulwa, ngaphezulu kwamadoda azizigidi ezibini kumazwe ayi-192 angene. Ngomjelo wengxoxo yenethiwekhi yoluntu, abasebenzisi banokucwangcisa nantoni na ukusukela kumhla wekhofi onobuhlobo ukuya kwi-quickie engahleliwe.
Kwaye kububulumko. Ijoni elalime eBaghdad alibuzanga, alixelelanga kwaye alikhathali.
Wayenombulelo kakhulu, ukhumbule uMnu. Simkhai. Ngokwenene zehla iinyembezi kum, kwaye ndambulela ngenkonzo yakhe kwilizwe lethu.
UZALELWE KWI-TEL AVIV, UMnumzana Simkhai wakhulela eLong Island kwaye waya kwiTufts. Emva kokufumana isibini esiphambili kubudlelwane bamanye amazwe kunye noqoqosho, waya eNew York, apho, nangona wayemncinci, enomtsalane kwaye engaphandle kwekhabethe, uMnu Simkhai wafumana indawo yokutsala inganelisi.
Ndisoloko ndihlala ndizibuza ukuba ngubani ongqingili ecaleni kwam, utshilo. Ndisoloko ndinemeko apho ndenza iliso lamehlo kwaye akukho nto ivelayo.
Umnumzana Simkhai ufikelele kumdali weDodgeball uDennis Crowley kwaye wabuza ukuba angakhula na ukongeza kwesiqalo-esithe sathengwa kamva nguGoogle kwaye saphefumlela iprojekthi yakhe elandelayo, i-Foursquare-yamadoda athandana namanye amadoda ukuba akhombe eyona ndawo amanye amadoda athandana nayo .
Xa enqabayo, wagqiba ekubeni ayenze yedwa loo nto. Isizukulwane sesibini i-iPhone size sixhotyiswe nge-GPS, ke uMnu Simkhai ucele umphuhlisi wesoftware eDenmark ukuba abeke isiseko sokuqalisa esinokusebenzisa itekhnoloji.
I-Grindr ibe yimpumelelo yasendle, ubuncinci phakathi kwabona bantu kujoliswe kubo. Ngoku, kwiminyaka emibini emva kokumiliselwa kwayo, iapps ikulungele ukukhulisa isiseko sayo somsebenzisi ukubandakanya abantu basetyhini kunye nesini esahlukileyo. Ikhowudi ebizwa ngokuba yiProjekthi Amicus, ingalo entsha yesiza iya kuqala kamva kulo nyaka.
Ukuba nkqo, bendisandula ukuqhelana ne-Grindr app. Ndandiqala ukubethwa kodwa igama, i-racy ins insations yelo gama, indlela the d kwaye i r hlikihla omnye komnye. Uphawu oluhle!
Umnumzana Simkhai, nangona kunjalo, udlala ubuqhetseba kumxholo weempembelelo zesini sikaGrindr. Ayisiyiyo le nto iyinyani, utshilo. Sijonge kwindawo yokusila ikofu, isityu sentlalo, ukuxuba abantu; eso yayisisikhuthazo segama.
Simxelele ukuba igama lisikhumbuze nge-hardplay foreplay.
Nokuba ungagaya abantu ababini kunye, ayisiyonto yesondo, utshilo. Kusondele, kwaye kulungile. Asikoyiki ukusondelelana.
Kwimeko apho, ndibuze uJoel ukuba ucinga ukuba ingaba yi-OK. ukuba ndifumene iakhawunti yeGrindr eyeyam.
Ndicinga ukuba ungazama, utshilo. Kuya kuba luvavanyo olulungileyo.
IMIZUZU EMIHLANU EMVA kokwenza iakhawunti kwiGrindr kunye nokufaka umfanekiso omhle endibambe ibhotile yeChambord-xa ndiseRoma, akunjalo? -Ndifumene umyalezo ovela kwindoda enxibe iqhosha elisezantsi kwaye idanyaza uncumo olunamazinyo. Wayeneminyaka engama-32 ubudala, iimitha ezintandathu ubude kunye neenyawo ezingama-400.
Mhle kakhulu, wandincokolisa.
Oh upholile, ndancokola naye back. Hee, ufuna ukudibana kufutshane nama-321 44th ngomsi?
Ndifuna ukubamba, waphendula kwimizuzwana embalwa kamva.
Andiqondi ukuba ndikulungele oko, ndatsho. Ngu-4: 00 emva kwemini?
Damn, uphendule watsho. BJ?
Ndiza kumnika ityala ngokuzingisa. Kulungile, kufuneka ndinyaniseke, nditshilo. Ndingumbhali wephephandaba, kwaye ndibhala iprofayili ye-grindr, ke bendifuna ukuyizama.
Ndingathanda ukudlala nawe:) watsho.
KWIINTSUKU EZIMVA EMVA kokuba ndithethile noMnumzana Simkhai, ndeva ukubuya kwindoda yomkhosi ayikhankanyileyo. Uyi-sergeant, iklasi yokuqala, usebenza kulawulo lwezithuthi zomoya kwaye wasebenzisa uGrindr ukunxibelelana nesoka lakhe-badibana kwiziko lomkhosi eMississippi-ngelixa besebenza eBaghdad.
Kwakukho malunga namanye amadoda amahlanu okanye amahlanu eGrindr kwisiseko sam, watsho emnxebeni. Ngokwenyani sidibanise iqela lebhola yevoli, bonke abantu bakaGrindr. Asizange sizibize ngegama elithi 'The Grindrs' okanye nantoni na, kodwa sasiyiqela.
Njengoko wayefuduka kwikona yelizwe esiya kwenye, usayitsheni wayezokutshisa i-app yakhe yeGrindr ukuze achukumise isiseko kunye noluntu olufanasini apho.
Ungaya naphi na kweli hlabathi, kwaye ungasungula iGrindr, kwaye ungafumana ezinye iinyawo zamadoda athandana nawe, utshilo uMnu Simkhai. Ixelela umsebenzisi wethu, 'Awuhlali wedwa.'
Oko kwavakala kulungile kum. Xa iprojekthi i-Amicus isungula, ubunzima obutsha babantu buya kufumana abahlobo, amaqabane kunye nobusuku obunye bume nje iinyawo. Ukuthe tye akunakuze kuchaneke malunga nokwabelana ngesondo njengokuba abantu besini esifanayo behlala kunjalo, kodwa iapp entsha iya kuthi iququzelele inkqubo yokuthandana. Into ekufuneka uyenzile kukubetha i-iPhone yakho, eso sixhobo kwipokotho yebhulukhwe yakho, kwaye ubulise.
