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Penny Sharpe da Alex Greenwich sun aika da sakonni a kan manhajar ga masu jefa kuri 'a. Kungiyar kwadago ta Sharpe na amfani da manhajar a matsayin gwaji a wannan zabe. Mista Greenwich na fatan manhajar za ta taimaka wajen kaiwa ga masu zabe. Dan takarar Greens Sam Hibbins ya yi nasarar amfani da manhajar ta wannan hanyar. Mista Hibbins ya lashe kujerar Prahran a zaben jihar Victoria na watan Nuwamba. Grindr manhajar wayar salula ce don sauƙaƙe jima'i na yau da kullun ga maza masu luwadi.