Department of questionable fun: Internet speed dating
This sounds like a marriage of two of the least fun ways to meet people that I’ve ever heard of, but: SpeedDate.com is going to be hosting Seattle/Tacoma’s first (?) online speed dating event on Thursday at 8:00. This way, I guess, if you’re into internet dating but just don’t have the time to invest in all of the profile reading and emailing, you can use the series of 3-minute “dates” to decide if you have chemistry before you meet in person. The first 30 people to sign up will get a free webcam.
It looks like the website just launched last month with a San Francisco event. According to them, “We started the event at 8PM and expected it to last about an hour. People continued to speeddate until past 2am. Over 1100 3-minute dates took place and 230 people participated.” The press release is pretty scant on details about the business itself, but it says, “SpeedDate.com was founded by two recent Stanford Business School graduates. SpeedDate’s patented system allows singles to effectively find chemistry online. The company is backed by Silicon Valley venture capital firm Menlo Ventures.”
So there you go. Thursday at 8:00. If you give it a shot, please let me know how it goes.
This is my version of hell.
Thanks for the post Samantha! We’ve gotten lots of feedback that people have had a lot of fun on SpeedDate.com, and more importantly, made lots of matches. By the way, you don’t need a webcam to participate, as we allow voice and instant messaging during dates as well. Hope to see you Thursday.
-The SpeedDate Team
Excited that people are getting so into the online dating. I’ve found Myles Reed author and online dating experts new book “Fishing for Love on the Net” to help me through that confusing world. Do you have any other recommendations that might be helpful?