meetmoi

I just read about meetmoi, a new company that Venture Beat describes as the "Twitter of Sex". From what I gather, the basics is that as you're wandering around and find yourself with some free time, you can text in your location and see if there are other singles around you who would be interested in meeting up and killing some time. The system then finds other people in the area and sends them your profile. If they're interested, then you find each other and mingle :)

I think the idea is a great one in theory and is definitely something I can appreciate given that I'm single and in NY. It's also nice that it kind of takes you by surprise in a way - so rather than overanalyzing date situations you just go with it. At the same time, you can just imagine the horror stories coming out of this type of split second decision - though arguably, having hours to study an online profile might not be much better. Another barrier / uncertainty here is that like any online social network, success is largely driven by reaching critical mass. This is an even larger issue for this particular venture since it's not enough that you find someone within the city, but you need to find people who are within your vicinity in the city.

One interesting idea would be if you were to combine this on-the-fly dating with an existing online dating site. You could potentially read up on people online, flag a couple of people that you think you might like to meet, and then hope that you run into them :) Another thought is if you expand this beyond just dating and use it for meeting friends and new people ...

Just some quick thoughts ...