The Latest Way to Flirt: Anonymously
College social networking site Like A Little plays matchmaker.
December 18, 2010— -- A young man is studying for his college final exams when he looks up and notices an attractive woman across the room. He watches her for a minute, contemplates the risks of flirting with a stranger, decides against it, and gets back to studying.
End of story.
At least that would have been the end had he spotted her months ago, before the anonymous flirting website LikeALittle.com was created.
But now the young man has the option of posting a short blurb about the woman he's admiring in hopes that she sees it -- and responds.
Here are some examples from the site:
At Architecture Library: Female, Brunette. You have a pink laptop, dark alluring eyes, grey sweatshirt …Let's go cuddle.
At UT: Female, Blonde. We worked together over the summer. I thought you were really cute but I never got the words to tell you. I wish I had and had asked you out!
At I am A [site unidentified]: Female, Brunette. has anyone taken the geog 202 final?Guava says: I'm in that class too! the final is at 3:30 right?
At Jester [dormitory]: Male, Brunette: What time does the Wendy's close?
Those are merely four posts among thousands that students across the country are making about their peers on LikeALittle.com.
This week Texas A&M University ranks #1 in Like A Little activity, with a new post about every 20 minutes. Last week, when finals were in full swing, the University of Texas at Austin was ranked #1, with a new post almost every minute. Queens University (Canada), Central Michigan University and Boston University rank right below the Texas schools for having the most frequent posts.
The site was co-founded by Evan Reas, a 2009 Stanford graduate. Reas told ABCNews.com that he "wanted to make a way to let people connect and just see what happens."
He said that while people have the chance to speak to a stranger every day, they are often too shy. "Say you always go to a certain café, and you see the same people over and over and you don't feel comfortable going up to them," he said.
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