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Single? Shy? An Australian dating website is offering wallflowers looking for love a subtle way to declare their intentions: identification badges.
The badges are the invention of IT professional and Yes I Am Single website (www.yis.com.au) founder Evan Diacopolous, who says it's a way to revive old-fashioned dating.
"It's a conversation starter, a prompt. It helps people who lack the confidence," he told reporters of the small silver discs that bear the website's address.
"Many people now are into online dating, but once upon a time people looking for a partner actually talked to each other in person, rather than going online. This is going back to meeting people the old-fashioned way."
To get the badge, as well as gain access to the website's forums, members pay A$23 Australian ($16.5).
Diacopolous, who is single himself, started the website nearly a month ago after he and many of his friends became disillusioned by online dating.
"People spend a lot of money and send a lot of emails, there's a lot of expectations that aren't met and I thought there's got to be an easier way to meet people," he said.
So far, the site has 50 members and Diacopolous advised those looking of love to do so in "everyday settings."
"You can wear your badge at the supermarket, on the train to work or anywhere you go. You never know who you might meet," the 35-year-old said.
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單身？又很害羞？澳大利亞一家婚戀網(wǎng)站正在給“壁花”提供一種含蓄表達(dá)心意的方式：身份徽章。
這種徽章由IT專家、Yes I Am Single婚戀網(wǎng)(www.yis.com.au)創(chuàng)建者埃文?迪亞可普洛斯發(fā)明，他稱這是讓舊式約會(huì)重?zé)ㄉ鷻C(jī)的一種方式。
他告訴記者說(shuō)：“它是開(kāi)啟兩人談話的一個(gè)引子，是一個(gè)激勵(lì)因素。它能幫助那些缺乏信心的人。” 這種徽章由小銀片制成，上面標(biāo)有Yes I Am Single網(wǎng)站的網(wǎng)址。
“現(xiàn)在很多人對(duì)網(wǎng)上約會(huì)很感興趣，但在過(guò)去，人們找對(duì)象時(shí)往往都是面對(duì)面地交談，而不是在網(wǎng)上交流。佩戴徽章是舊式約會(huì)方式的回歸。”
網(wǎng)站會(huì)員只須支付23澳元（合16.5美元），即可獲得徽章并登陸網(wǎng)上論壇。
身為單身漢的迪亞可普洛斯于近一個(gè)月前創(chuàng)建該網(wǎng)站，因?yàn)樗退暮芏嗯笥褜?duì)網(wǎng)上約會(huì)的方式都比較失望。
他說(shuō)：“人們花了很多錢(qián)，發(fā)了很多郵件，但很多期望并沒(méi)有實(shí)現(xiàn)。所以我想會(huì)有一種更簡(jiǎn)單的方式來(lái)遇見(jiàn)合適的人。”
目前該網(wǎng)站共有50名會(huì)員，迪亞可普洛斯建議正在尋找愛(ài)情的人們?cè)凇叭粘－h(huán)境”中也可以試試。
現(xiàn)年35歲的迪亞可普洛斯說(shuō)：“在超市、在上班的地鐵上或者你去任何地方都可以佩戴徽章。你永遠(yuǎn)不知道你會(huì)遇見(jiàn)誰(shuí)。”
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（實(shí)習(xí)生許雅寧 英語(yǔ)點(diǎn)津姍姍編輯）
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