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#1 OP

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#2

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#3

Going against the grain here on what is the gay online dating scene like in rural areas. Nobody says this outright about gay online dating, but a big city changes the maths completely. In the context of gay online dating, that is where most people stall. Boiled down, gay online dating comes to this — distance filters are worth more than any algorithm. What actually moves the needle on gay online dating is that population is the feature nobody lists.

#4

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#5

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#6

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#7

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#8

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#9

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#10

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#11

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#12

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