Cellphone apps to find dates

We knew it was only a matter of time before mobile apps to find dates would become mainstream, as The New York Times writes this week. You, like me, might have mixed feelings about the whole OKCupid thing, but I will say that the service makes more sense to me as an app rather than as an awkward website where people chat to each other on Wednesday nights. But have we reached the era where instead of talking to each other at a bar everyone is on an app to see who is looking for a date? Is that kind of creepy? Maybe I'm just being old-fashioned.

From the article:

The idea of meeting someone on the fly through a mobile app based solely on proximity may seem, at first, like a risky proposition. But the operators of these services say they are aware of the potential pitfalls and allow users to control how much information they divulge. And users say it’s another step in the continuum of courtship — always fraught with peril — from traditional matchmakers to personal ads to online dating.