Update, Friday 8:05 a.m

The Daily Beast has removed the post from their site and issued an apology, writing "We were wrong. We will do better." You can read the full note here.

The Daily Beast has edited an article posted Wednesday called "The Other Olympic Sport in Rio: Swiping," and added a lengthy note saying, among other things, "Publishing an article that in any way could be seen as homophobic is contrary to our mission."

The article, which was written by Nico Hines, is about using hookup apps to meet up with athletes in the Olympic Village in Rio. Hines used Grindr and Jack'd, along with Bumble and Tinder, to find potential hookups.

"No prizes for guessing that Grindr proved more of an instant hookup success than Bumble or Tinder," wrote Hines.

"For the record, I didn't lie to anyone or pretend to be someone I wasn't--unless you count being on Grindr in the first place--since I'm straight, with a wife and child."

Possibly imagining the discomfit some might feel reading that he tricked people into thinking he would have sex with them, he says he "confessed to being a journalist as soon as anyone asked who I was."

There's a variety of criticism of the article. In the first version of the story, Hines gave some pretty specific identifications of gay athletes. Outing people is never a good idea, but it's especially treacherous for gay people from countries where those people may be killed for their sexual orientation.

Dan Savage, creator of Savage Love, tweeted early Thursday, "So... straight 'journalist' for @thedailybeast probably gonna get some gay guy killed with this piece."

So... straight "journalist" for @thedailybeast probably gonna get some gay guy killed with this piece.https://t.co/4LlHZ75uzl — Dan Savage (@fakedansavage) August 11, 2016

Openly gay Olympic skier Gus Kenworthy tweeted:

So @NicoHines basically just outed a bunch of athletes in his quest to write a shitty @thedailybeast article where he admitted to entrapment — Gus Kenworthy (@guskenworthy) August 11, 2016

Besides the possible danger of actual death for subject of the article, there was is also the issue of a straight writer dipping into gay culture for a quick story. Twitter also didn't appreciate that.

As a response to the criticism, John Avlon, The Daily Beast's Editor in Chief, wrote in his note at the end of the piece, "There was some concern that the original version of this story might out gay male athletes, even by implication, or compromise their safety. This was never our reporter's intention, of course."

Avlon said some changes have been made to the story.

"Some readers have read Nico as mocking or sex-shaming those on Grindr," Avlon wrote. "We do not feel he did this in any way. However, The Daily Beast understands that others may have interpreted the piece differently."

Savage, for one, doesn't think Avlon has done enough:

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