Nah. Disco became mainstream, yet launched from gay clubs, which are in fact hookup-applications. There are quite a few other examples. Apparently these things do cross over.
"Have faith, Loopt, if your idea goes big somebody else will be around to capitalize on it!" does not strike me as something which would warm the heart of an investor.
Disco is a different beast. It's the synths that are mainstream not disco the genre. Synths were used by many other bands as well so I'm not sure what you mean by launched from gay clubs?
