Английская Википедия:Fitlads

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Fitlads was a social networking,[1] dating/hookup website and app for gay, bisexual and non-heterosexual men, as well as other men who have sex with men in the United Kingdom.[2][3][4][5] It was launched in April 2003, and introduced video to the app in 2008.[2][6]

The website was geared towards stereotypical "straight-acting" working-class "chav" or "scally"-type "lads", as well as those with a fetish for sports kits or bondage.[2][7] It had a rating system for videos, which was seen by scholar David G. Kreps as communicating more "about sex ... than it is about sex itself".[6]

Between 2014 and 2015, the website was one of those used by the serial killer Stephen Port as a means of initially contacting his victims.[8] He also maintained accounts on Sleepyboy, Grindr, Hornet, Badoo, Gaydar, Flirt, DaddyHunt, PlanetRomeo, Manhunt, Slaveboys and CouchSurfing.[9]

Closure

The parent-company behind Fitlads, "FL ONLINE LIMITED", was dissolved on 24 November 2020,[10] and the fitlads.net website no-longer loads.

The final-capture made of the fitlads.net homepage by the Wayback Machine was on 10 August 2020,[11] with new.fitlads.net (a sub-domain where users would log into the site) last-captured on 15 February 2020,[12] suggesting the site went offline sometime in 2020.

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