Recently I was given the opportunity for a free trail of the ‘Star Trek Dating’ site by its founder, which I decided to give a go just to see what kind of people I could find on that site. To be honest, when I arrived at the site I was a little disappointed that for a site named ‘Star Trek Dating’ they had very little ‘Star Trek’ inspired designs of formatting or branding, but most likely this is due to the crazy copyrights and lawsuits Paramount and CBS have been known to involve people in when they try to capitalize on the ‘Star Trek’ branding.
Other than that the people seemed exceptionally nice, though a good number of the ones I spoke to did not even seem to be hard core “trekkies,” which seemed odd to me for a website supposedly catering to major fans of ‘Star Trek.’ (After all, why else would you use this site?) One girl in particular even told me she was more of a ‘Star Wars’ fans, but overall really enjoyed science-fiction, and hoped she could find like-minded people on ‘Star Trek Dating.’ And I think in the end that is the refuge that this dating site offers to its users. You know going in that the people there are all a little bit nerdy, a little bit sci-fi, and definitely not going to judge anyone who is a little different, or a little socially awkward. And while I might not necessarily recommend this site to anyone looking for partner of the opposite sex (the price of the site is a little hefty for such a new and small site, with users not even able to send out a reply to messages unless they pay for a premium account), I would recommend for people to try it out and see if they find any like-minded individuals based on profiles, and then pay the premium price if you find a compatible
I think in the end that is the refuge that this dating site offers to its users. You know going in that the people there are all a little bit nerdy, a little bit sci-fi, and definitely not going to judge anyone who is a little different, or a little socially awkward. And while I might not necessarily recommend this site to anyone looking for a partner of the opposite sex (the price of the site is a little hefty for such a new and small site, with users not even able to send out a reply to messages unless they pay for a premium account), I would recommend for people to try it out and see if they find any like-minded individuals based on profiles, and then pay the premium price if you find a compatible Trekkie who you think you might have a shot with.
Feel free to check it out for yourself here.
Nick is a freelance writer based in Los Angeles, who belongs to the privileged few who enjoyed the ending to ‘Lost.’ For more of Nick’s thoughts and articles, follow him on Twitter (@starfro67)
