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Grindr — yes, Grindr — landed the WHCD party circuit
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The “gay dating and hookup app” is now courting Washington insiders.
Key facts
- The “gay dating and hookup app” is now courting Washington insiders
- Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about technology, politics, and technology learning how to politick
- The reporter promise that your money will not go toward paying for a drone-proof ballroom for The Verge staff, no matter how much fun they'd have throwing parties there
- Why did they do it this year, during peak Washington insider social season
Summary
Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about technology, politics, and technology learning how to politick. Speaking of parties: The Verge normally wouldn’t do a party report from the White House Correspondents’ Dinner week, also known as “Nerd Prom,” because it’s a bit too much Washington insider circle-jerking for normal people to stomach. (This year was weirder than most, considering that the dinner was targeted by an attempted shooter, it was immediately canceled, and the media insiders kept partying anyway.) But the reporter will make an exception for the party thrown by Grindr — “a midsize tech company that happens to be gay,” as Joe Hack, Grindr’s head of global government affairs — which took place the night before the dinner and can therefore stand on its own. Before they answer that question, as always, send any tips, notices, etc. to.