FlipMe Dating

I haven’t seen a dating site that confused me this much in quite some time, so I had to hop onto DatePro and get your opinions, readers. FlipMeDating is a website based on the very accurate truth that we as human animals see at least one person a day who we find attractive. Maybe at a coffee shop, the subway, or just while walking to your car in a parking lot, there is always a chance that maybe in a split second’s moment, you saw (and probably walked away from) someone who could be your potential soul mate (or at least a great hook up).

Enter FlipMe Cards, which are just like business cards but with a little twist: they link to your FlipMe Dating profile, with a special code that only the holder of the card (and potentially all his/her friends) can use. The cards have a cheesy little blurb on the back “I’ve said what if too many times…”(eesh) and then the website address and the code to find you on the site.

The handoff of the card is where I wonder… is this a brilliant idea or a cheesy, amateur way to date? If you were on the street and someone handed you a card, would you keep it, toss it, or stare at it in confusion, because why didn’t they just say hi? And how many other people have they handed these things to? Part of me thinks it’s kinda cute and might be fun to get a card handed to you, but another part of me thinks it’s just another way that technology is making us revert to childhood shyness. With words on the card like “FlipperID,” it just seems a little cheesy.

But hey, if it works, we’re impressed, maybe I’ll just start handing out a flash card with my Facebook URL on it… hmm…