So, how did men find each other before Instagram let us slide into each other’s DMs? Much before Instagram became a phenomenon and a platform for guys to leave hearts behind on other men’s profiles and complain about why they won’t flirt with each other, the queer dating landscape was a very different place: this journey from the streets to sheets has been a long one. There’s no denying the fact that Aryan and Kiaan have had it easy.ĪLSO READ: Is online intimacy bringing us closer or driving us apart? You leave a string of strategic hearts on another man’s Instagram profile, and you’ve ‘officially’ made your first move. Somewhere between their matching flower-crown filters and millennial names, they found and added each other, and hopelessly fell in love.Īryan calls it fate Kiaan calls it public privacy settings.įinding love is that simple in 2022. Aryan, 24, and Kiaan, 20, met each other on Instagram.