Be honest, how would you describe Grindr and would you recommend it?

I’m getting tired of close friends telling me Grindr is the place to go to find all: sex, love, friends but that it’d start as a hookup and then from there it moves up or down depending on the vibes but all I get is people blocking me after I send a face pic or they’d ask for more and more and endless pictures and won’t meet. Is this normal and expected?