Thread Continues Where Facebook Ends for Online Dating

Ever wish you could get a date with that guy or girl in your friend's Facebook Friends list? Well, now you can with Thread, the latest revolution in online dating. It takes the "stranger" factor out of the equation!

Just over a year old, Thread is revolutionizing the way people date via Facebook. The app allows you to peruse your friends' Facebook Friends and request introductions. Hence, there's not more "creepy stranger" aspect of Facebook dating as you're actually introduced by a mutual friend who knows both of you.

With over 400 million users already on Facebook, Thread offers a few potential advantages to the world of online dating that current paid membership sites don't. Profiles are already existing, so you don't have to create yet another online profile. When seeking an introduction, you're asking someone who already knows you to introduce you to someone they already know - it's endorsement-based marketing at its best and the way we do business in many other parts of our lives (so why not dating?).

The company is already seeing a fair amount of traction from current Facebook users. Apparently, many people were already in the practice of cutting and pasting Facebook profiles of friends and sending them off to other friends. Thread has enabled and put into a convenient package the ability to do what people were already doing in real life: introducing people they knew to one another.

The site is currently free as the company is determining how they'll monetize their offerings. If you'd like to explore the potential behind Thread, just visit their site and connect with your Facebook profile. And yes - it's that simple! Report back and let us know how you like it. See if there's a common thread between your friends and their friends for your romantic life.