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Could there be a way to make internet dating in Seattle even more anonymous? A new site, CrazyBlindDate.com, might be coming to our city to do just that. The site's creators explain, "There are no profiles, pictures, winks, or instant messages. Instead, users simply enter the basics of what they're looking for in a date (age, gender, orientation, etc.) and when they're free." Then you get an email or text message with a place (one of several "approved bars and coffeeshops") and a time. Bingo! You’ve got a date!

The company hasn’t yet added Seattle to its list of locations, but we’re in the final five for their 2008 expansion. You can vote for Seattle here.

Internet dating serves a legitimate purpose in today’s fast-paced, semi-isolated social environment. This extra-blind date concept, however, horrifies us. Maybe it’s because it reduces love to omelet status: Cupid as a short-order cook who serves up only exactly what you specify. Or is it the opposite, creating a dating experience that’s most similar to rolling (invisible, weightless) dice?

In either case, though we’ve had our hits and misses with the usual internet dating sites, this new one doesn’t sound like our cup of tea. At least with Okcupid or Match.com, users get the pleasure of reading prospective dates’ witty/dull/sex-obsessed profiles before the inevitably awkward first date.

Then again, we’ve always been too picky for our own good. Any adventurous readers out there who would try CrazyBlindDate.com? Now’s your chance to vote to bring this service to Seattle!

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