Twitter and Dating: Can it Work?
- Monday, March 07 2011 @ 09:08 am
- Contributed by: kellyseal
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Online dating isn’t the only game in town anymore. Now that we have Facebook to help us meet people in our social media networks and mobile dating apps to hook us up with someone in a five-mile radius, why limit our options? Enter the latest dating innovation for those of us addicted to checking our Twitter streams: Luv@FirstTweet.
This Twitter-based dating service was just launched last month, and prides itself on its efficiency. Instead of creating an online dating profile that you don’t revise for weeks or months at a time, or scanning candidates on some dating site for hours, you could answer a few simple questions about yourself in 140 characters or less. Then let the Tweeple come.
When you follow Luv@FirstTweet, they will send you a variety of questions that you can choose to answer anywhere, anytime. Questions like: "What is your favorite thing about the city where you live?" or even "Is there anything you feel you must accomplish before you die?" When you reply, you are matched with other Tweeps who answered similarly. Sounds easy enough.
While it seems we are branching out in the ways we meet people, I’m still uncertain about these quick ways of connecting. If you’re like me, you still want to see pictures, a profile, a Google search’s worth of information before handing over your phone number. It seems that if we don’t put a little work into the process, how can we expect any work to be put into starting a relationship? Wouldn’t it just be another hook-up?
We’ve yet to see how effective these new methods of connecting with Twitter, Facebook, or mobile dating apps are in leading to long-term relationships. If you do try them, keep your expectations in check and do it to have fun and expand your network. My advice is: use the same precautions you would in online dating. In other words, take your time, do your research, and always let a friend know who you’re with and where you are.
To find out how to use Twitter for dating you can also check out our review of Twitter.com.
This Twitter-based dating service was just launched last month, and prides itself on its efficiency. Instead of creating an online dating profile that you don’t revise for weeks or months at a time, or scanning candidates on some dating site for hours, you could answer a few simple questions about yourself in 140 characters or less. Then let the Tweeple come.
When you follow Luv@FirstTweet, they will send you a variety of questions that you can choose to answer anywhere, anytime. Questions like: "What is your favorite thing about the city where you live?" or even "Is there anything you feel you must accomplish before you die?" When you reply, you are matched with other Tweeps who answered similarly. Sounds easy enough.
While it seems we are branching out in the ways we meet people, I’m still uncertain about these quick ways of connecting. If you’re like me, you still want to see pictures, a profile, a Google search’s worth of information before handing over your phone number. It seems that if we don’t put a little work into the process, how can we expect any work to be put into starting a relationship? Wouldn’t it just be another hook-up?
We’ve yet to see how effective these new methods of connecting with Twitter, Facebook, or mobile dating apps are in leading to long-term relationships. If you do try them, keep your expectations in check and do it to have fun and expand your network. My advice is: use the same precautions you would in online dating. In other words, take your time, do your research, and always let a friend know who you’re with and where you are.
To find out how to use Twitter for dating you can also check out our review of Twitter.com.
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