The 'Matchmaker' friend finder has now been installed. This allows members to find other compatible members for anything from drinking buddies or band members to marriage. The basic premise is a cooperating search, where you match your profile against what other members are searching for. 

An important piece of this application is the addition of several new profile fields. If you want to be found by somebody, it will be a whole lot easier if they can figure out what you are looking for.

The default is 'Not Looking' for anybody of any age for any reason. If you want to be found, you should probably change this. (My Profile from the 'Tools' menu). Until a few people do this, the result set will likely be limited. You might also consider providing your sex and age, as these might be important to somebody trying to find you.

You don't have to be looking for romance. You can choose to be found by people of either sex for any level of interaction you desire.

Oh yeah, to make things sweeter, there's now a 'point system' for folks that contribute to the site in various ways. Contribute, get more points. I'm still figuring out the reward part of the equation, but there are very likely to be desirable rewards for top contributors. One important point reward that's in place today is that contributors get top billing in the Matchmaker. 

Applicable contributions include writing articles and comments, voting on things, and inviting new folks. To make the Matchmaker thing work, it would help to have some more members. If you use the Invite link from the Tools menu, you can help us get a critical mass of matchmaker members, earn points -  and you don't even have to write anything.

Hint, hint.