'''Crazy Blind Date''' ('''CBD''') was a no-cost [[dating system|dating service]] that set people up on [[blind date]]s with little to no notice. The site served people in [[Boston]], [[San Francisco]], [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], [[New York City]], [[Chicago]], [[Washington, D.C.]], and [[Los Angeles]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Sarah |last=Netter |title=Your Best Bet for Love? Timing |url=http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Story?id=4274238&page=1 |work=[[ABC News]] |date=2008-02-12 |accessdate=10 July 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080623021557/http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=4274238&page=1 |dead-url=no |archivedate=2008-06-23 |df= }}</ref>

Users used the "date wizard" to provide basic demographic information about themselves and their preferred dates. They could select to go on a single blind date (1 other person) or a double blind date (3 other people).

In April 2010, ''[[Time Out (company)|Time Out]]'' reported that the website is under construction for updates, but will remain free when it is in operation again.<ref name="Williams">{{cite news|title=The "Date" in Dating Website |author=Williams, Allison |newspaper=[[Time Out (company)|Time Out]] |date=2010-04-01 |url=http://newyork.timeout.com/articles/sex-dating/84226/how-about-we-dating-website |accessdate=2010-06-24 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5qjanr6Ef?url=http://newyork.timeout.com/articles/sex-dating/84226/how-about-we-dating-website |archivedate=2010-06-24 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref>

In 2013, Crazy Blind Date was relaunched and additionally integrated into the OkCupid-platform as an app on both [[iPhone]] and [[Android (operating system)|Android]] devices.<ref name="Meredith">{{cite news |title=OKCupid 'Crazy Blind Date' App Relaunches |author=Meredith, Leslie |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/16/okcupid-crazy-blind-date-relaunch_n_2488752.html |newspaper=TechNewsDaily |date=2013-01-16 |accessdate=2013-01-17 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308023751/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/16/okcupid-crazy-blind-date-relaunch_n_2488752.html |archivedate=2013-03-08 }}</ref>

==History==

Crazy Blind Date was launched in November 2007 by Sam Yagan, one of the founders of the dating site [[OkCupid]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Meredith |last=Goldstein |title=The website Crazy Blind Dates give you dates on demand |url=http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/articles/2008/01/15/dates_on_demand/ |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=2008-01-15 |accessdate=10 July 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091223083054/http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/articles/2008/01/15/dates_on_demand/ |dead-url=no |archivedate=2009-12-23 |df= }}</ref> As of 2008, the service has 10,000 members who have gone on 90,000 dates.<ref>{{cite news |first=Katia |last=Bachko |title=Dating site is mostly random — but it’s fast |url=http://www.projo.com/lifebeat/content/lb_crazy_blind_date_cns_03-16-08_AC98PO1_v13.1bb6148.html |work=[[Columbia News Service]] |date=2008-03-16 |accessdate=10 July 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604040324/http://www.projo.com/lifebeat/content/lb_crazy_blind_date_cns_03-16-08_AC98PO1_v13.1bb6148.html |dead-url=yes |archivedate=2011-06-04 |df= }}</ref> The CBD matching service uses basic [[demographics|demographic]] information to set up blind dates with little notice, often just a few hours.<ref>{{cite news|first=Wade |last=Roush |title=Two New Sites to Ease Your Way Through Dating Hell |url=http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2007/11/16/two-new-sites-to-ease-your-way-through-dating-hell/ |work=[[Xconomy]] |date=2007-11-16 |accessdate=10 July 2009 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5npx2xOoI?url=http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2007/11/16/two-new-sites-to-ease-your-way-through-dating-hell/ |archivedate=2010-02-26 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref> Daters meet up at a location agreed to by each person. They do not know what their date will look like and are only given basic information including first name, age, gender, occupation, education, and [[ethnicity]].

==See also==

* [[OkCupid]]

* [[Match.com]]

==References==

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==External links==

[[Category:Online dating services]]

[[Category:Internet properties established in 2007]]

[[Category:2007 establishments in the United States]]