I have a nice friend you should meet…

So let’s put aside the Web 2.0 buzzwords and speak like human beings for a minute. Here’s how 100 dates is intended to work.

Most of us have at least one single friend who we know is smart, funny and interesting, who we’d love to see hook up with someone nice.  Perhaps they, like me, have been looking around for a while and have gotten tired of meeting people who they just don’t “click” with. We’ve been trying, but so far, not much luck.

By building in a “crowdsourcing” element to 100 Dates, I’m basically providing a way for people to recommend their awesome friends. Because often we’re not great at introducing ourselves or promoting ourselves, but our friends are perfect for the job. Our friends know us, know our relationship history and what we’re looking for, and can meet people at a party and say “You should totally meet my friend, you’d get along great.”

100 dates is the online equivalent of that party.

Please note – it is very annoying when your friends assume you want to be fixed up with someone, because you are single. Some people are quite happy as they are. Some people may not be available at all, they just haven’t informed you of their dating status! It’s rude to assume. Please don’t recommend someone for 100 dates who’s not ok with the idea!

I’ll share some information about me via this blog, and then I’d like you to think about if you know anyone you think I should meet. Then, if you know someone, you can recommend them to me. I’ll put a formal mechanism in place for this so it’s not just an awkward Twitter introduction.

If you’re of a mind to help a bit more, I’ll also ask you to ask *your* social network for some date recommendations, to spread the net a bit further. I will probably put this out via Twitter so it can be retweeted.

So yeah. That’s the philosophy behind 100 dates. I’ll add some details about myself, what I’m looking for, and how you can recommend someone, in another post.