Into, Grindr's online LGBTQ publication, laid off its entire editorial staff and its corresponding social media team on Tuesday, because "the company will be refocusing its efforts on video." Into, launched in August 2017, had branded itself as an LGBTQ news source that targeted millennials. As recently as December, Grindr was mentioned, alongside Tinder and Bumble, in a New York Times article that demonstrated how more dating apps were investing in editorial content like Into's.

However, Into's editorial team found itself at odds with management in November, when one of the digital magazine's reporters called out Scott Chen, the president of Grindr, for remarks that appeared to be anti-LGBTQ.

In a troubling Facebook post, Chen stated he believes marriage is a “holy matrimony between a man and a woman." Chen blasted the piece as "unbalanced and misleading" in the comments section of the Into article.

Additionally, Into made headlines in December for a commentary piece that called an Ariana Grande music video transphobic and racist. The piece sparked such a strong backlash on social media that editors had to issue an apology and remove the byline of its writer due to death threats. Read more via Advocate