Sunday, December 5, 2010

Cute or Creepy

The new social networking site has plagued my facebook news feed for the past 12 hours.

http://likealittle.com/uwo/

Like a Little begs the question can emerging social networking trends help you find a new love connection in your life? It is based on the concept of 'missed encounters' that one may find in the personals section of a newspaper. The posts on Like a Little only exist for 16 hours and then disappear into cyber-space. The poster has to cling to a glimmer of hope that the person they're looking for is 'creeping' this site, while the poster 'creeps' them in real life. The website itself calls it 'flirting', but it is up to the user to determine whether or not these posts are charming, creepy or just another way to pass the time during exam season.