LuvAtFirstTweet: A Twitter-Based Online Dating Service

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Wish online dating was as easy as tweeting? Luv@FirstTweet helps achieve that goal by using the speed and ease of Twitter to help you meet potential dates.

What it is: Just launched this January, Luv@FirstTweet is a free Twitter-based dating service. Eliminating profile building and browsing, the service uses your tweeted answers to a variety of questions to make their version of a profile, and then bring you together with people they think are a match.

"It takes too much work," founder Jonathan Lehr said of traditional online dating. "Building a profile that usually becomes stale, browsing tons of profiles--a lot of times you send these messages to people and you never hear back. Girls get swarmed with creepy messages. Twitter is a really fun platform: it's easy, it's lightweight, it's mobile."

How it works: All you have to do is start following the luvatfirsttweet account with your own Twitter handle. From there, Luv@FirstTweet sends out daily questions, like, "What tv show do you make sure to watch every week?" or "What is your favorite beverage while working/studying?" You can answer as many as you choose, using @ replies, or Direct Messages (if you'd prefer to keep it private).

Or, you can log into your profile at the website itself, and fill out Match Questions that you might not have answered through Twitter. Luv@FirstTweet then takes your responses and uses its algorithm to make matches.

"We're getting you to that initial introduction phase, to start that conversation," said Lehr. "It's a much more meaningful conversation if you have a shared interest."

Why you'd use it:

The major advantage of Luv@FirstTweet is simple: it's a low-maintenance dating site for busy daters who may not want to spend hours browsing profiles, or dealing with the to-and-fro of traditional online dating. With just one tweet each day, you can begin to build your profile.

"It's easy and lightweight--we're Twitter dating," said Lehr. "It's more fun, and less time consuming--people use online dating because they're busy."

How to get it:

Just visit Luv@FirstTweet's website, or start following them on @LuvAtFirstTweet.

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[keepkalm]

12:27 AM on 03/03/2011

Is this love @LuvAtFirstTweet? Or were we matched up because we were both Tweeting from the John? Match by meme?

Shortest. Date. Ever.

[TeamLAFT]

07:26 AM on 03/03/2011

Hi keepkalm, we collect all of your responses to our daily match questions and build a profile which we then use to match to other users on the site who fit your age and location criteria. Once you're notified of a match you see their photo and several things in common to begin a more meaningful conversation than most dating sites.

[GraniteSkyline]

11:05 AM on 03/01/2011

Makes me wish I was single.

[Your Royal Flyness]

01:55 AM on 02/26/2011

When it comes down to it, people need to forget about matchmaking gimmicks and learn the RULES of online dating--not relying on "compatibility apps". So what happens after two people are matched up? How does a guy know WHAT to say? How does a woman know HOW to say yes (or reject him)? Where do they go from there? How does he "Tweet Her And Meet Her"?

People need to learn the art of profile etiquette, ways of properly expressing interest, conversation flow, and transitioning to the phone...along with how to handle rejection and avoiding stalkers. This stuff is a great idea but not at all practical.

@Flyness

[TeamLAFT]

08:15 AM on 02/28/2011

Thanks for the feedback. We actually agree a lot with your point. We'll have a blog post up shortly describing the true value of Luv@FirstTweet as it relates to providing a high signal to noise ratio, because unlike other sites you don't spend hours browsing through profiles. We know that the point is to get you to meet someone meaningful offline, so we show you people with similar interests and values and enable you to begin a meaningful conversation with them.

So once you're matched you don't need to come up with a generic introduction and risk sounding like everyone else. Rather, you'll see a few things in common with he person and be able to use that as a springboard to initiate some emails with your match and then if there's a connection an offline meeting. Compare this to the typical dating site where an individual spends their time browsing and sending tons of messages to try and get someone's attention. It's not efficient and wastes people's time.

Jon Lehr
co-founder, Luv@FirstTweet

[Alfred Dato]

09:58 PM on 02/25/2011

Sounds like a very novel idea but I am guessing the real value will be based on the 'algorithms' that Lehr has for the dating service and how well it matches with the twitters.

[TeamLAFT]

08:17 AM on 02/28/2011

Hi Alfred,

That's part of it. The other aspect is using Twitter as a mobile platform to build your profile with minimal effort, and then matching you with people with similar interests. As I mentioned above to @Flyness, the key value is saving you the time and hassle of browsing tons of stale profiles and instead letting you focus on initiating meaningful conversations with people nearby you in your desired age range and with shared interests and values.

Jon Lehr
co-founder, Luv@FirstTweet

[uncc49er]

05:14 PM on 02/25/2011

It might sound weird to us, bu the way dating and socialization are going all digital, perhaps in 10 years it would be weird to not date someone on line or from digital media. If you would ask someone out in person that would be considered creepy, old school or out of the line.

[meetsonya]

01:43 AM on 02/25/2011

I'm not sure this will work. Facebook maybe but not Twitter.

[jaowens]

08:19 PM on 02/24/2011

Really?

[propermoose]

06:54 PM on 02/24/2011

There's a certain symmetry to the idea. The kind of person who would look to Twitter to find a partner deserves the kind pf partner who would post their interest on Twitter.

[Keith Williams]

03:08 PM on 02/24/2011

It had to happen sometime.

[jaowens]

08:19 PM on 02/24/2011

exactly