Ever since Twitter became the platform for being touch of choice, there have been many uses for it, and not only for the famous "what are you doing right now" usage scenario. People use it to confer with business partners, to broadcast discussion forum topics live, to stay in touch with loved ones far away, to broadcast the latest news from their business or field of expertise, to spread buzz…

How good are you in closing a date in 140 characters or less?

Naturally, online dating comes to mind, I mean after all, isn't Twitter almost a perfect tool for this? Almost - only because you are limited to 140 characters at a time, and of course the recent outages that have plagued the service for some time. The question is are you good enough to sum up your pick-up line in 140 characters or less. Sounds easy, but go ahead and try, it gets complicated really fast.

People already use Twitter for "catching" dates

This is nothing new, I guess, but people have been using Twitter for online dating (pretty much chatting) for some time. Online dating picks up on new technologies fairly quickly, especially technologies that help people socialize online. In fact there are plenty of examples of how people used Twitter to set up a date with someone - for lunch, dinner, cocktails, theater, you name it - everything can be arranged in a matter of minutes and a couple of hundred characters. It's basically like chatting with someone on your favorite online dating site.

Twitter as a practice platform for pick-up lines

Okay, don't take this litterally - if you're gonna use Twitter for online dating, go all the way now that you are there, but in a way, being personal and private at the same time, you can actually use Twitter to meet someone without the pressure of actually approaching someone for real in a club or on the street. People who find it easier to establish first contact through digital tools should find Twitter to be quite a useful resource. Then there are those who simply use it to pick-up someone to go to a party with this weekend, simply because they don't have or want to waste time running around looking for someone. No really, a friend of mine does this all the time, and not only on Twitter. What's more, it works! I don't know exactly why, but all that comes to mind is that people who are experienced with this find it very easy to establish contact with someone and get into a more personal conversation.

So, when are you going to start twittering?

So, if you've been using Twitter for all the wrong reasons like chatting with friends and family, or conferences with partners (just kidding of course), or you haven't been using it at all, maybe you should consider exploring this quick and easy channel towards millions of singles out there that just might turn out to be someone you've been looking for.

If you've had experience using Twitter as an online dating tool, please share your tips and tricks in comments.

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Have you had successful experiences using online dating? Matchmakersuccess.com is inviting all singles who have used Together or The Right One to find someone special successfully to come forth and share their experiences on other online dating sites and compare that experience with that on these two sites.

Matchmakersuccess.com is pretty much their version of an online confessional, where individual and couples answer a series of questions ranging in topic from "opinion on other matchmaking and dating sites" to "your first date - what was it like" and "do you have advice you can give to future users of Together Dating Service".

Paul Falzone, CEO of The Right One and Together Dating said he counts on people wanting very much to let everyone know they found love, especially people who are having trouble finding that right someone.

Even though the questions are the same for all participants, the answers are a variety of useful information. Much like a survey, Matchmakersuccess.com includes not only contributions from members (on Together/The Right One) but also from others who are engaged to or are dating members.

Singles have a tough time finding someone special, and get discouraged, especially if the quest takes a long time. This is one way to help those needing a little friendly push in the right direction. Learning from others' experiences is certainly one of the easiest ways to get through troublesome times.

See their press release here.

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A year ago Laura Sessions Stepp, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, released a book that chronicled the new teen hook-up culture. According to Stepp the dating world of the past has been replaced by the "hook-up," which is only a casual physical experience instead of actually going on a date. This includes kissing to intercourse, but there is no emotion or relationship involved.

Stepp claims that teen romance has died.

However, San Francisco teens and twenty-year-olds say that this is not true. The name of the game has changed but instead of "dating," they "go out." If things between a couple start to get on the serious side, they will announce it online and become official on Facebook.

Many teens will not get together with someone that they have not gone out with.

Stepp disagrees, she came to different conclusions when she researched her book, "Unhooked: How Young Women Pursue Sex, Delay Love, and Lose at Both." She felt that many teens were coming together with friends or acquaintances into their college years.

[Via: ContraCostaTimes]

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About five years ago Victoria, 33, of Christchurch felt that a lightbulb had a switched on in her head and that it was about time to find "the One." She was going through a few life changes and she felt that it was about time to change the fact that she was alone.

"Internet dating was quite a good way of meeting fellas because they were not available anywhere else."

She did not find what she was looking for right away. "I met quite a lot of interesting guys and it helped me decide what I did and didn't want (from a relationship)."

Other than being stood up once, she found that the dating experience was fairly positive.

She was also very careful and tried to stay safe, by always telling her friends where she was going. "I didn't meet anybody I thought was really weird - they were fairly nice guys but I was careful to meet in a public place and tell people where I was going."

She went through a few dates that did not draw her interest. Until she met Chris, 32. "Then I got this really nice email from a guy who looked normal. There wasn't any weirdness and we liked talking about the same sort of things."

After meeting for coffee three years ago the rest became history. They got married in April of 2007.

[Via: Stuff.co.nz]

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Dating has many colors, sometimes there are great dates you would like to remember forever, and then there are the horrible ones that can ruin your dating career forever.

One single woman, Elizabeth Aven, 30, of Oklahoma City has had a lot of dating experiences. One of her worst dates was when she went out on a date with a guy who seemed "nice and normal." Her mother always advised her not to invite men to her house unless she knew him well. Regardless, she invited this guy over after dinner and he started to get too friendly only after a few minutes.

She said, "I just told him he was going to need to back off." He seemed annoyed but he backed off. "About 10 minutes later, he was like, 'OK, I've got to go,' and he just left." Aven kicked her feet and munched on a snack, happy that he was gone.

"Maybe 45 minutes later, I get a knock at my door and it was a cop," said Aven. "She said, 'Hey we got a call from someone that you were going to hurt yourself or, I don't know, try and kill yourself."

"I was like, 'I have no idea what you're talking about at all. I'm just sitting here just hanging out, watching TV."

Finally, she explained to the officer how bad her date had been and the two women just rolled their eyes together.

[Via: NewsOk.com]

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