Comments on: Crazy Blind Date http://karenrayne.com/2008/02/15/crazy-blind-date/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:36:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: c4bl3fl4m3 http://karenrayne.com/2008/02/15/crazy-blind-date/comment-page-1/#comment-2314 c4bl3fl4m3 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:22:27 +0000 http://karenrayne.com/2008/02/15/crazy-blind-date/#comment-2314 I signed up for it, and I got a reply, but it wouldn't let me reschedule when I realized that I actually couldn't do the time involved. It mentioned rescheduling but when I actually tried to do it, I couldn't find a button that said "reschedule". I'll give it a go again sometime. And it's not COMPLETELY blind. You're allowed to put a blurb or 2, a kind of headline, for your date. I put "Are you a geek? Me too! Let's geek out together!" because this will weed out a LOT of what I'm not interested in. I signed up for it, and I got a reply, but it wouldn’t let me reschedule when I realized that I actually couldn’t do the time involved. It mentioned rescheduling but when I actually tried to do it, I couldn’t find a button that said “reschedule”.

I’ll give it a go again sometime.

And it’s not COMPLETELY blind. You’re allowed to put a blurb or 2, a kind of headline, for your date. I put “Are you a geek? Me too! Let’s geek out together!” because this will weed out a LOT of what I’m not interested in.

]]> By: Morgan http://karenrayne.com/2008/02/15/crazy-blind-date/comment-page-1/#comment-2310 Morgan Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:07:58 +0000 http://karenrayne.com/2008/02/15/crazy-blind-date/#comment-2310 Well, I've used Crazy Blind Date for a few dates, and had a really good time every time. I know, I'm a boy, so perhaps less worried about the safety aspect, but it seems like they do a good job of allaying safety concerns: -You always meet in a public place. -They have an approved list of places that they'll send you to. -You don't get any contact info from the other person without their permission--CBD sets up a text message bridge prior to the date, so you can send text messages to the other person through the bridge without exposing your own phone number. I've done a few of these dates so far, and they've all been interesting people--I'm still seeing one of them. And I love the spontaneity of it: if you feel like going on a date tonight, you probably can. So count me as a fan. Well, I’ve used Crazy Blind Date for a few dates, and had a really good time every time. I know, I’m a boy, so perhaps less worried about the safety aspect, but it seems like they do a good job of allaying safety concerns:
-You always meet in a public place.
-They have an approved list of places that they’ll send you to.
-You don’t get any contact info from the other person without their permission–CBD sets up a text message bridge prior to the date, so you can send text messages to the other person through the bridge without exposing your own phone number.

I’ve done a few of these dates so far, and they’ve all been interesting people–I’m still seeing one of them. And I love the spontaneity of it: if you feel like going on a date tonight, you probably can. So count me as a fan.

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