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Fitlads was a social networking, dating/hookup website and app for Gay men and Bisexuality men in the United Kingdom. (2012). 9781466619166, IGI Global. ISBN 9781466619166 It was launched in April 2003, and introduced video to the app in 2008. (2026). 9781466619159 ISBN 9781466619159
The website was geared towards stereotypical "straight-acting" working-class "chav" or "scally"-type "Lad culture", as well as those with a Sexual fetishism for Clothing fetish or bondage. 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".
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. He also maintained accounts on Sleepyboy, Grindr, Hornet, Badoo, Gaydar, Flirt, DaddyHunt, PlanetRomeo, Manhunt, Slaveboys and CouchSurfing.
The final-capture made of the fitlads.net homepage by the Wayback Machine was on 10 August 2020, with new.fitlads.net (a sub-domain where users would log into the site) last-captured on 15 February 2020, suggesting the site went offline sometime in 2020.
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