The Future of Gay Dating is Here

When Britton Pentakill the creator of the new gay dating app Woo Him was developing it, he was looking to create a better mousetrap.

Pentakill said, “I’d like to say that I originally had some laudable goal of helping the community, advancing our marriage and equality initiatives back then, or even that there was no social network for gays to go to at all back then. I’d like to say those things but I can’t. The truth is, I was one of the most popular members on a then heavily used but now defunct gay social site and from making posts on there I saw how profitable it could be. I also knew I could build a better mousetrap. So I did.”

Among other things, you have to record a live video before chatting with someone, immediately eliminating any chance of cat fishing. Something that was an easy development to correct a persistent problem when using dating apps.

Pentakill started WooHim in 2007. Originally launched under the name CockTheVote it was universally loved by users,but he says, “I soon found out that advertisers wouldn’t touch it.”

Some highlights of the app include the aforementioned requirement of users to start a conversation by taking a real time photo or video. All WooHim profiles show a favorability rating which let’s you know how many people have issues with the user. It has snapchat like features including geofilters for a lot of gay clubs, bars, and every city.