Students on the prowl — or those just looking to procrastinate — can now find their "match" on a new USG-sponsored website: www.princetonmatch.com.
The site — launched Saturday and sponsored by all four class governments — provides a matchmaking service for students at the University and other schools in the network.
Within one day of its launch, more than 700 students had logged on to the site.
The service is run by the CampusMatch network and includes students at Wesleyan, Williams, Bowdoin and Oberlin colleges.
Users answer a series of questions describing both themselves and their ideal match and rate the importance of each category to overall compatibility.
Users can see who they are compatible with, but not who has viewed their profiles, making the system effectively anonymous.
Class of 2006 President Christopher Lloyd said the idea was proposed during a monthly meeting of all four class councils as a way to do "something cool for Valentine's Day."
Lloyd emphasized that Princetonmatch is "not a dating service," and that the point was to provide "something fun and entertaining that everyone could enjoy."
At the start of the launch, the site experienced a few glitches.
"I know several guys who have had other guys put on their list, even though they checked off specifically that they were interested in women," said Matt Samberg '06, who registered Saturday morning.
There have also been some reports of people with no matches at all, leading some to question the effectiveness of the site.
Some found the questionnaire more interesting than the matches.
"I found the questionnaire pretty interesting and creatively written," said Yiting Jin '07. "It's interesting to see how people would pick something for themselves but something different for their match."
Louis Epstein '06, who signed up Sunday, critiqued the strategy of the site.
"Some questions were a little strange and not necessarily ones I would ask myself. The format was also little complicated, but it's just for fun," he said.
Students have learned about Princetonmatch in various ways.
"I saw it on some kid's bulletin board downstairs and was curious," Jin said.
Epstein, on the other hand, found out about the site when his friend sent an email saying that "he didn't want to be the only one signed up."
Lloyd said Princetonmatch will definitely stay active through the spring semester and might continue longer, depending on its popularity.
"It's basically [thefacebook.com] with the purpose of matching," Epstein said. "It's just a good distraction."
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