[View the story "Trekkie Dating website helps Star Trek fans find love" on Storify ]Trekkie Dating website helps Star Trek fans find love The latest in a long line of niche dating websites, Trekkie Dating connects fans of the Star Trek franchise online in hopes that they love long and prosper! Storified by CBC News Community · Tue, Oct 16 2012 19:40:51
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For hardcore Star Trek fans living in towns with relatively low Trekkie populations, Star Trek Conventions can feel light-years apart.
Trekkie Dating | Meet Single Trekkies Near YouShare your love of Star Trek, as well as your other passions, with other singles near you!, Trekkie Dating
Trekkie Dating a new personals site created for fans Star Trek; a pop culture trope well known for their almost religious devotion to the sci-fi franchise.
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It's an idea that's got plenty of people online talking.
Ok... So maybe I'm a little bit curious about this whole Trekkie Dating thing. Can I sign up for it 'Just to see' and still be cool?Aubrey Harrison
There's a new Trekkie Online Dating Site...seems I missed my chance to land a millionaire 1 year too earlyRambling Amazon
So *that's* where I've been going wrong! http://buff.ly/QmwWg4 Trekkie Dating Website Hooks Up Trekkies With their Soulmates. Via @technabobKate Bailward
The sidebar on my Facebook screen suggests "trekkie dating" -I really think I need to get out more.Cate-monster
Live long and prosper, with your fellow trekkie bf/gf you found on the trekkie dating site. http://www.trekkiedating.com/ #trekkieLayna
@funnymatt Trekkie dating?! Sign me up!Sheridan James
Trekkie Dating is an online dating site for Star Trek fans. http://bit.ly/TlUCAz Love Long and Prosper my trekkie friends! #StarTrekLeanne Leveaux
Yesterday, facebook gave me an ad for a STAR TREK online dating site. Today it's a L.A.R.P.ing online dating site. #neeeeeeerdTrevor T. Trujillo
Am I really that much of a nerd that one of the ads on my facebook page would be for a Trekkie dating site?! o.0Hannah
Trekkie Dating isn't the first Star Trek themed dating site, however. Trek Passions is already a thriving community on the niche dating Passions Network.
Trek Passions - 100% Free Sci Fi Dating & Social Networking, Sci-Fi Personals & ChatLove Long & ProsperA 100% free SciFi personals & social networking community site for science fiction lovers, including but not limited t...
Dating websites now exist for almost every major religion, lifestyle, look, political affiliation and age demographic imaginable on the passions network and elsewhere across the web.
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"Down to earth" country folks:
Online Dating, Free Dating Site & Farmer Dating Online For SinglesFarmersOnly.com is a dating site like no other. We exist because, the way we see it, there are basically two groups in America. Group one...
Apple fanboys / fangirls:
Cupidtino - the first (and only) "Mac-inspired" dating site for Apple fansCupidtino is the first ever "Mac-inspired" dating site. It's goal is to bring Apple fans and lovers of beautiful hardware and software de...
Ayn Rand fans:
Ayn Rand Dating - Anthem Ayn Rand, Objectivism Ayn Rand, Ayn Rand Institute, Fountainhead Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged Ayn RandSocial networking site (with 25,000+ members and 15,000+ dating profiles) for admirers of Ayn Rand's novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Sh...
Buccaneers who be looking for some landlubbin'
Pirates Passions - 100% Free Dating & Social Networking for PiratesWelcome to Pirates Passions! Ahoy, me Hearrrties! If ye be seekin' booty, ye be havin come t' th' right place. Pirates Pass...
The website's intro explains who Pirates Passions is designed for best:
"Ahoy, me Hearrrties! If ye be
seekin' booty , ye be havin come t' th' right place. Pirates Passions be a 100% free social networrrkin' an' online datin' site ferrr
buccaneers an' buccanneers at hearrrt."
Pot-smoking love-seekers:
Cupid 420 falls into a large crop of dating websites aimed toward those who enjoy marijuana, alongside MyBestBuds.com and CannaFriends.com.
Cupid 420 - Cannabis Dating - Higher RelationshipsCupid420 is a place for 420 girls & 420 guys to have cannabis dating . Be the first one to lay the foundation of Online Dating . Meet oth...
Moustachioed men and the women who love them:
Stache Passions - 100% Free Dating & Niche Social Networking for Singles with a Passion for the StacheOH YEAH, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE 'STACHE!A 100% free social networking & online dating site specifically for singles with a passion for the St...
Extreme cat lovers:
"Cat Lovers Personals, Dating, Social Networking for Cat Lovers PURRsonals.comCat lovers personals - PURRsonals.com - Where cat lovers meet online with other cat owners to share their love of cats. Dating, singles, ...
Would you check out a dating site specifically tailored to your hobbies or niche? Have you? Share your stories with us in the comment section!
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