With the use of modern technology, people can date via telephone or computer or meet in person.This term may also refer to two or more people who have already decided they share romantic or sexual feelings toward each other. I guess it's a good way to judge if they really are employed. "Also, it seems like there's no real matching, and I wasn't really into anyone I had a speed date with. I felt vaguely dirty even being there." She said: "... Was it called 'Speed Date' because you have to be on speed to keep up? It was surprising how many people were looking for speed dating at AM.The Speed Date interface resembles Facebook quite a bit: You can navigate among blue tabs and red balloons signifying your notifications, and chat windows pop up in a blue toolbar at the bottom of the screen.View different profiles by clicking "next profile" or "previous profile" for each "match" Speed Date chooses for you, or browse members by age, location, and so on.Having the conversation does not need to be stressful.

We also asked them to rate each of our reviewed online dating sites. doesn't really seem analogous to real-world speed dating. I was constantly bombarded with so many speed date windows that I wasn't able to respond to all of them before the five minutes allotted for each were up.

Whenever I clicked on anything, most of the time I'd see a pop-up window exhorting me to sign up for the paid subscription. Despite stipulating that I was interested in 25- to 40-year-old liberals in San Francisco who did not want children, 18-year-old militiamen from Montana who wanted to impregnate somebody ASAP kept popping up for my speed dates.

Speed left me exhausted, annoyed, and kind of grossed out." When you fill out your profile, you have the option to answer many questions—about your favorite music, movies, television shows, books, and quotes; about your political views, income, weekend activities; even about your "secret." You can be equally detailed regarding what you're looking for, yet Speed Date's Private Matchmaker system doesn't take much of this into account.

If you're a basic member, Speed Date lets other users initiate with you a five-minute instant messenger chat session, or "online speed date"; subscribers can extend that time.

When you view a profile, Speed Date tells you what preferences your potential date matches, what preferences you match for the other person, and finally what you have in common, even if it's only that you both speak English.