[Cantdog]

One More Idea: A super simple dating mobile app. Your profile consists of a picture of yourself and the question , "Ask me about....?", filled in. There would be a list of bars organized by cities and people could choose to share which bar they were at. Potential suitors could browse all the singles at a bar and decide which person to talk to (in real life).

The goal is to solve the awkwardness of cold openings at a bar. It's much easier if you can use something as a conversation starter. Also, one of the problems I see with online dating is the stigma attached to it. Hopefully, since this app is to be used in aiding real life dating, the stigma will not be there.

[run4yourlives]

Chicken and egg, but kinda neat.

Screw the whole bar scene though and just make it "geo-aware". You pre-define picks and as you travel throughout town, it let's you know when one of those picks is close by.

[icey]

What about socially determined "meet a date" nights?

For an area, you have each user pick a place.

All the places go up for vote.

On whatever night, it's date night at that place and it's like a flashmob meets speed dating.

I would think you'd only need a handful of people in any given geographical area for this to work (though I could be wrong).

[wildwood]

I disagree. People go to the bar when they're ready to socialize and meet people, and they'll value something that makes that easier. Making it more geo-aware makes people have to decide which parts of their day they want to be interruptible, and I think makes the app more intimidating.

I like the bar tie-in, it provides a pleasant addition to something people are already doing.

[run4yourlives]

Well, like every other time you'd like to opt out of social contact, I'd just assume there was an "off" button.

[physcab]

"The goal is to solve the awkwardness of cold openings at a bar."

Isn't that what alcohol is for?