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SpeedDate.com

It's Internet romance in the fast lane. Users have three-minutes to figure out if they click during online speed dates conducted via IM or webcam. Couples can chat afterward only if both decide there is chemistry.
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Second Life


Second Life, the Internet's largest, virtual community, comes complete with dating services for players and their custom-made avatar characters. Some seek only a digital fling while others desire eventual real-world relationships.
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MatchingSox.com

One Web site brings together single fans of Boston’s beloved baseball team, encouraging first dates that revolve around Red Sox games. Its membership roster includes Fenway Faithful from around the world.
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lock and key parties


In this dating game designed for shy singles, men are given necklaces with little keys. Meanwhile, women wear tiny locks. Then, it's left up to the daters to take the initiative to find their match.
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Women Behind Bars


Just because a woman is in jail, her love life does not have to be on lockdown as well. One pen pal Web site helps foster correspondence between female inmates and men in the outside world.
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Produced, reported and designed by Jenn Rubin. Flash photo slideshow templates by FlashMo.com. Major additional content courtesy of Timothy Lampa of MatchingSox.com, Dawn Graham and Patrick Lowery and Todd Muffoletto of Women Behind Bars.
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