More New Tech Tools For Your Love Life

Online dating once seemed like a brave new world, the final frontier, a place meant only for singles who were brave enough to go where no daters had gone before.

But now online dating has gone mainstream. In fact, it's practically passe at this point. By the time love-seeking grandmothers are getting involved, it's clear that online dating has fully shed its stigma and become a regular part of people's love lives.

It's time for a few new innovations that bring technology and dating together. Jezebel recently had a look at some of those innovations in (the brilliantly titled)"Five New Tech Tools to Complicate Your Love Life." Here's what writer Anna North had to say:

WotWentWrong:

We've covered this site already (you can find the post here). The real question here, North writes, is "How often do you really want to know WotWentWrong?" The site may provide some genuinely useful feedback, but it's far more likely that the majority of responses will be flippant, unconstructive, or just plain mean. It sounds like a recipe for disaster if you ask me.

Nerve Dating:

Nerve Dating came about as a reaction against dating sites that place the emphasis on compatibility algorithms rather than starting conversations. Its social media-like qualities make it feel like an updated take on the online dating site, and conversation is definitely a better predictor of compatibility than mathematical formulas, but a man (or woman) cannot survive on that alone. Less superficial information about a potential date may be needed to really judge whether or not they're a match for you.

The Mural:

The Mural is a Facebook app that calls itself "a wonderful virtual expression of peace, love and happiness." That sounds pretty cheesy if you ask me, but North was willing to give it the benefit of the doubt. She found the idea of a visual representation of love left for friends and loved ones "cool and potentially revealing," but wasn't too keen on the fact that the app requires access to your Facebook account. I have to agree with her on that one.

Tingle:

Tingle is a mobile app that allows users to message and voice chat with each other without revealing their names or phone numbers. There's also a location feature so you can meet up with any nearby users who sound interesting, and a feature that supposedly helps screen out the weirdos you don't want contacting you. If the screening system actually works, it's a nifty innovation that more dating services may want to consider adopting.

Moonit

If you're into astrology, Moonit is the app for you. Moonit "helps you determine your compatibility with new friends and dating prospects via the most advanced astrology algorithm ever developed." The pro? You never have to ask "What's your sign?" again. The con? Astrology and algorithms are both meaningless.