Safe Online Speed Dating Services
New Websites Play Matchmaker for Singles with Live Speeddate Sites
Online dating sites are a useful, hopefully safe service for singles. Great expectations for finding perfect matches are easier with webcams and speed dating agencies.
Great expectations have been crushed countless times for singles perusing online dating services. Photos may turn out to be a decade old. Likes and dislikes are often as generic as "I like long walks on the beach," and "I dislike mean people." No wonder, then, that the next step in safe online dating was the use of webcams.
It's easier to think the perfect match is found through online sites when the potential match is available for live interactions. And now, the next stage of Web 2.0 online dating sites has arrived. A few new online speed dating agencies have started up, and they take the concept of the personals section to the next level.
Speed dating in the real world refers to matchmaker agencies setting up quick meetings wherein singles gather in a group, and go around, round-robin style, talking only briefly with each potential romantic match. Online dating agency websites are similar, albeit virtual.
Online Speed Dating Agencies
- WooMe: A video conferencing site plays matchmaker in one-minute video chat sessions, after which customers choose either "I'm Wooed," or "No thanks." WooMe then asks the users to pay a dollar for their romantic connections' contact info.
- Speeddate: Based out of San Mateo, Speeddate does some pre-selecting through a short list of personal details preferences. Users then are matched via webcam (or text chats, but web cams are more popular) for three minutes.
- HurryDate: This online speed dating website seems to proceed along the traditional, disillusioning route of great expectations. Users first go online and create their profiles, then meet in the real world (in several big cities) for speed dating. This is a mix of online and real world speed dating.
- 15minuteDate: Through web cams, singles meet for 15 minutes at a time. Again, text only is available, but not preferred. The live interaction on webcams, and the relatively long amount of time spent, makes 15minuteDate much closer to traditional blind dates than speed dating.
- YesNoMayB: This one comes out of in South Africa, and is mostly based on perceived physical attractiveness. Users are shown a variety of photo profiles for matches, and vote yes, no, or maybe for each one. Supposed perfect match users are filtered as such, with the user's photo then going into the (presumably good looking) match's inbox.
- Camlink: As the website says, no long profiles, no misleading pictures. Camlink is the newest of the safe online speed dating websites, and most uses the power Web 2.0 interactivity. Themed sessions, such as by age or for alumni of specific universities, allow for profile-like personal details without being overwhelming. Launch date is April 10, 2008.
Can a single find his or her perfect match online? It's happened before. These online speed dating websites hope that it will be easier to find those romantic matches faster, in safe, personal sites. Just keep those great expectations reasonable!
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