CamLink - speed dating, but faster

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Speed dating has been around for a while and has gained significant popularity probably due to the fact that singles can avoid spending too much time hanging around datins sites exchanging mails, or at bars and clubs weekend after weekend. CamLink, a New York based company founded in 2007, has decided to speed things up a bit more by introducing web cams into the speed dating process. Speed dating now has the online dimension, becoming online speed dating. Dusan wrote about something similar a while back about the online speed dating event organized by SpeedDate.com.

Each Online Speed Date session consists of a number of mini-dates, ranging from 1 minute (the so-called "turbo dates") to 5 minutes for a typical session. CamLink also hosts private events for parties with a particular interest. Events are theme based. During the date participants vote if they like the person they're speed dating with. If both users vote "yes" the system detects the match and users are prompted to select which contact information they are willing to share. Users are able to communicate through the website, or through email, screen names or phone number if they feel comfortable enough. The next step is in their hands.

Registration is free, so if you've tried speed dating and want to take it to the next level, there's no excuse not to try this. Now, off you go to the stylist, beef up your appearance … oh, and get a web cam if you don't have one. ;)


2 Comments so far

  1. Rachel on February 19th, 2008

    Seems a bit late for another speeddating site given you've got Woome and sd already out there. guess there will always be copy cats, but not interesting to read about them.

  2. Vlada on February 20th, 2008

    Rachel, thanks for commenting.

    I agree copy cats usually bring nothing new, but speed dating is becoming the main stream dating method nowadays, so it may be useful for users to be aware of options and test different services to get best results. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if many more of these services come to life in 2008, and packed with more advanced web technologies. We will post about them if they do, and your (and everyone's) opinion will always be more than welcome. That's the point! ;)

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