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Social networking website Twitter - Source: ONE News
For tech-savvy singles who are unlucky in love, shy or just
looking for a new way to meet people, Flitter could be the
answer.
Hundreds of singles attended the first Flitter parties across the
Canada last week in the latest dating game which is a play on words
of the microblogging site Twitter and flirting.
Each guest wore a white sticker with a number and gazed closely at
their iPhones and Blackberrys in a dimly lit room in Toronto, their
thumbs tapping away at their mobile devices on Twitter.
They were Flittering and trying to catch the attention of other
tweeters who were flying solo on the eve of Valentine's Day.
"�129, you're so fine, but �152, you're hot too. Man oh
man, what will �72 do?" tweeted one guest as the comment
showed up on a giant projector screen set up inside the
venue.
Will Lam, a 27-year old banking professional and Twitter fanatic,
attended the event because he was interested in seeing how Flitter
worked.
"I was just wondering how they would leverage Twitter and
facilitate interaction between people," said Lam, who found the
tweeting to be awkward and distracting in his attempts to strike up
conversations with women.
"I actually tweeted �19 was really cute, but I can't even
find her anymore," he said.
But Halley Trusler, a 23-year old event co-ordinator who recently
moved to Toronto, found Flittering to be a great way to meet
people.
"It allows people who are a little more shy to put themselves out
there," she said.
Trusler received plenty of tweets offering to buy her drinks and
revealed she may have someone in mind by the end of the
night.
The tweeter can choose to sign off with his, or her, assigned
number or send an anonymous message or compliment. The recipient
can respond and meet the tweeter if interested, or just read the
anonymous compliment and move on.
All senders must end the tweet with the word "Flitterme."
Justin Parfitt, founder and CEO of Fastlife, the Canadian-based
dating service provider, originated Flitter singles events in
Australia and introduced them to North America.
He thought there must be some way of getting people to interact
using work devices, such as their Blackberrys or iPhones, to make
people feel social as oppose to anti-social.
The Flitter parties, which were also held in Vancouver, Ottawa and
Montreal, were advertised on the Internet.
