The Big Problem with Chatroulette missed connections on Craigslist
We talked, got cut off, then you posted to the Gainesville Craigslist Missed Connections, but it got flagged. I posted to CL MC for LA, but there were multiple areas so who knows if you would’ve seen it. I think you were wearing plaid, you made me guess what band you were playing (it was Big Black) and you were awesome. I’d love to chat again, I hope you see this!
Original chatroulette missed connection post: You: LA, Me: FL – BIG BLACK!
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Link to post | Posted by Eliot on February 27th, 2010 | Categorized as Advice, Craigslist, Site news
There’s a new way to date online, and finally it’s for everyone
There’s a growing buzz around HowAboutWe.com, a unique dating web site that I think will appeal to the Missed Connections community. They are proposing a new way to date online, which I reckon might just catch on like wildfire: you come up with date ideas you actually want to go on, and then the courting begins.
What an awesome way to see if there’s chemistry – doing something you both enjoy (or want to try), and if there’s no spark, well at least you’re trying something different you wouldn’t have otherwise.
Design wise, it looks great (I wish Missed Connections looked this good) but even if it looked like a circa 1997 Geocities home page, the concept has enough legs that it wouldn’t matter.
If you visit the home page you’ll see a slideshow of date ideas that suck you in and give you an idea of what to expect when you join:
I’m so into this idea, I decided to call Brian, one of HowAboutWe’s founders, and he kindly took some time out to give me a rundown of how it works.
Once you get started, registration is fast and fun. Rate some dates so the site knows what to send you, then propose your own.
Here’s a screen grab of some of the date ideas from the editorial staff at GuestofaGuest.com:
Proposing a date on the site is really easy:
Having trouble coming up with a good date idea? No problem, there’s a “Use this date” button to help get your creativity flowing.
HowAboutWe.com is in beta for pre-registration now and the full-fledged site for New York City launches in March (I’ll be recommending they bring this to London soon, I think its one of the World’s biggest cities for singles).
At that time, users will be able to propose as many dates as they want. Everyday they’ll also receive date proposals from other users. If they like the proposals they get, they can check out the proposer’s profile and message them. And thus, a new kind of dating ensues.
The site also offers a “Datetropolis” – an “Athens” of dates suggesting the best local dating spots.
Based on recent buzz in the blogosphere, the site will be attracting users who have avoided dating in the past:
From GuestofaGuest: HowAboutWe.com, A Dating Site We Might All Actually Use
And TheFrisky reports: A Non-Lame Dating Site…
It is amazing that this is the first dating site to focus on the date itself, it’s a great starting point for connecting.
If you’re single, I think its time to sign up and start coming up with some good date ideas. I would be if HowAboutWe came out when I was single.
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Link to post | Posted by Eliot on February 26th, 2010 | Categorized as News
Chatroulette gets its own Missed Connections site
Chatroulette, the “video stranger chat” site now has a dedicated missed connections web site.
This was needed as chatroulette missed connection ads have been appearing all over the web, without there being a single place to bring them all together and so the likelihood of reconnections happening is greatly reduced.
The aim of the chatroulette missed connections site is to have all these missed connections under one roof, whether they are posted on Missed Connections or on Craigslist, and so people who lost each other on Chatroulette have a better chance of finding each other again.
Chatroulette Missed Connections
Photo credit thanks to Renee Silverman
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Link to post | Posted by Eliot on February 19th, 2010 | Categorized as News, Site news
NY Times features Personals ads from the 1800s
The NY Times has just published a selection of personal ads, including missed connections, that were written in the 19th century.
Here is just one of the ads, from 1862:
If the young lady wearing the pink dress, spotted fur cape and muff, had light hair, light complexion and blue eyes, who was in company with a lady dressed in black, that I passed about 5 o’clock on Friday evening in South Seventh Street, between First and Second, Williamsburg, L.I., will address a line to Waldo, Williamsburg Post Office, she will make the acquaintance of a fine young man.
The NYT article was written by Pam Epstein who features many more of these ads on her Advertising for Love blog. Pam has been researching these ads as part of her dissertation on America’s transformation of love and marriage from the mid-19th to early-20th century. See all of Pam’s blog posts relating to missed connections from this period.
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Link to post | Posted by Eliot on February 15th, 2010 | Categorized as Fun
Missed Connection for Streaker at Movies
Did you streak through a Californian cinema (Stadium Cinemas, Martinez) recently wearing nothing but black speedos? If so you caught someone’s eye:
You in a black speedo, me lmao at stadium cinemas
You streaked through the theater in nothing but a black speedo and tripped into my lap when you were running from security. You winked at me once before sprinting off, I distracted security for you. I’d like to talk to you?
Would be great to reunite these two, the original missed connection is here – please help spread the word, it would be fantastic to get these two connected for Valentine’s Day.
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Link to post | Posted by Eliot on February 14th, 2010 | Categorized as Fun
Missed Connections Posted To Paris Billboards!
As reported on The Frisky, Paris is accepting missed connection submissions here.
On Valentine’s Day, the missed connections judged to be the most beautiful will be shown on boards like these throughout the city. I guess these boards are normally used for traffic and other public information.
Reminds me of something similar that before the London Paper’s demise, it would post selected ads from its lovestruck column on digital billboards throughout the Tube network.
This is a wonderful thing that will hopefully lead to some missed connection reconnections! Remember, if you have a missed connection in Paris (or anywhere else) then post it to our site and check our Paris missed connections.
Photo credit: Paris skyline taken by Jim Trodel
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Link to post | Posted by Eliot on February 13th, 2010 | Categorized as News
Missed Connections versus Online Dating
Just read Scott James’ “In the Calculations of Online Dating, Love Can Be Cruel” article in the NY Times.
In short, some people have noticed online dating manners are nose-diving. The Internet makes it easier than real life to be rude to people you are meeting for the first time. You can ignore messages, for example, or you can tell someone they aren’t good enough for you.
One thought is that what is causing this are unrealistic expectations generated by dating sites with lists of questions on your desires. These lists have turned online dating into something like choosing the extras you want on a new car.
The final sentence, a quote from Ms. Funai (someone who has unfortunately had some bad online dating experiences) holds some hidden hope for the future of the web and romance:
“What everyone is looking for is chemistry and that’s not quantifiable.”
Our site, I hope, is that hidden hope for some people: if you felt some chemistry when you saw someone in real life but for whatever reason didn’t get that person’s number, you can post a missed connection to try to regain that lost chance. Its a long shot but reconnections do happen.
Read Scott’s article in full here.
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Link to post | Posted by Eliot on February 12th, 2010 | Categorized as News
Missed Connections show at Yale
Just received a tip off about a new Missed Connections musical for those of you near Yale. You can find details (temporarily) at YaleStation and at the Yale Cabaret website.
For more background on the show and an interview with Chad Raines the show’s creator, check out the New Haven Advocate article: Only Misconnect – Chad Raines’ new pop musical gets personals
Send your missed connections news tips to eliot@missedconnections.com.
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Link to post | Posted by Eliot on February 11th, 2010 | Categorized as Art, Fun
Zombieland Missed Connection
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Link to post | Posted by Eliot on February 10th, 2010 | Categorized as Fun
RomCom Gone Wrong Short Film
Just found this gem – worth watching to the end, enjoy. Film comes from the creative talents at Reckless Tortuga.
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Link to post | Posted by Eliot on February 10th, 2010 | Categorized as Art, Fun
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