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Dan Abelon (sorry for the misspelling earlier) wrote in to provide some additional information:

We absolutely do not set users up with fake people. People do not respond because they are either looking at another site in another tab, or have stepped away from the computer. We realize that this is an issue. Within the week, [...]

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I’ve been videoconferencing since 1994, in fact, the original Connectix Quick Cam right here, next to my original Apple Newton and a hard drive the size of an end table.
For me, text chat in an instant message window is fine for friends, but for business and meeting new people, I prefer the additional emotive bandwidth [...]

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I spoke with Dan Abelon, founder of SpeedDate.com, as a follow-up to my earlier post on the latest entrant into the world of speed dating.
Dan came up with the concept of SpeedDate while taking entrepreneurship courses with Eric Schmidt (CEO of Google) at Stanford Business School earlier this year. Dan and the team are located [...]

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Upgraded the blog last night, new templates and some functionality added. Now you can see my bookmarks for dating-related stuff I come across during the day.
To date, no dating site has gotten close to offering a comprehensive suite of functionality that pushes dating to the next level.

Reputation management
Image search
General search
Profile help/coaching
Introduction facilitation
On-site activities like games [...]

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Tonight was a beautiful night in Boston so I went to a restaurant overlooking the city on the waterfront here in Charlestown and hung out with new neighborhood friends. I came home and didn’t remember that Speeddate.com was having it’s inaugural event until 45 minutes into it.
Speeddate.com launched at Techcrunch40 a few weeks ago. Lot’s [...]

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