We’ve all heard of using OkCupid, Match.com, or even Tinder to meet your next date. But what about Twitter, or Instagram? Or hell, even Facebook? Have you ever used social media to help you date? By which I do not mean tweeting “I’m single #whowantstodateme” — that’s just desperate and not cute.

I met a lad on Twitter. He was a musician. I was a fan of his. We met up, hit it off, had sex, and now we’re friends. Unlike writer Laura Olin, of Swimmingly, I did not meet the love of my life on Twitter. But that’s okay. I’m amazed I met a real live human on Twitter, and had sex with real-live human. And am still alive. These are big things.

I wasn’t intending to use Twitter to date. It just kind of happened. I think that’s the key when you’re using social media for sexier purposes; you can’t plan or design it, it just kind of has to happen. But there are some ways to guide the happening.

Tip one: Be open. Be open to using say, Twitter, to find someone. It’s unconventional, sure but life can be unconventional.

Tip two: don’t troll the Internet for dates. Keep in mind that most people do not use social media for dating. You don’t want to be like that one guy who sent hundreds of Facebook messages out looking for his future wife.

Tip three: be breezy. Be breezy in your flirting and in asking someone out via social media. Have a sense of humor about it too.

There are some apps that are geared towards using social media to date, like Bang With Friends or Hinge, which uses your Facebook friends and Facebook friends of friends to find potential matches.

I actually met a now ex boyfriend via Google +, if you can believe it. We both went to the same college and both commented on a mutual friend’s post. From there we started chatting, and we hit it off. If you would have told me I’d meet a boyfriend through Google+, I would have told you you were crazy, but it happened.

Have you ever used a non-dating app, or site, to date? This story in The New York Times talks about two people who found each other through Instagram. My secret dream (not so secret anymore!) is to meet my next great love via Instagram. In 2014, meeting your love in Instagram sounds like the last great romantic thing there is.

Would you be open to dating someone you met on Twitter or Instagram?

 

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