Friend Finder

Friend Finder is built by the same business behind the famous Adult Friend Finder. This version of their popular dating software is geared towards a less sexual audience, and those seeking real and possibly long term relationships.

The site is built to give you tall the tools you'll need to make that happen, as well as just have a good time socializing, meeting people, and flirting over the web. Each member creates a profile, and their abuse team has to approve it before it goes live. Until this happens, your access is limited. This is great, as it prevents spammers and fake profiles from swamping the site, and as a result there is a surprising number of real profiles. Most of them are, in fact.

You can search for people by location, city, profile details and other items. Once you have tracked someone down it is easy to send a note via email (built into the website). If the contact pays off you can plan to chat in the instant messaging system built into the members area.

There are other diversions. Members can upload their own pictures and videos. These are great for finding possible matches, as well as just for entertainment. There are tame videos but some girls are pretty wild. Those with hot bodies usually like to show them off. There is some nudity in there. There are also live cams that you can set up to chat with folks, or broadcast to other members who can watch you if they want.

I felt the site was more of a community than a match-making site. There are a lot of ways to meet, talk, flirt and just have fun with people. It's geared more towards providing a forum for singles and couples to do this in than, say, trying to “mathematically” make matches for you, like other sites might offer. They have a lot of members, and many were online (85 chatting at 3pm in the afternoon), so it's easy to jump in and start conversations and mingle.