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No. 162

Topic: conventions

Does Grindr Spike at Political Conventions?

Verdicts: 2 Mostly True, 2 Unproven, 4 False

The traffic pattern is real and it is not a Republican phenomenon. The 2016 Democratic convention produced the largest spike on record. The word doing the most work is ‘crash.’

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