When it comes to interacting with people in public, people are having more and more difficulty with face to face interfacing. That’s what Flitter parties are all about; they use Twitter as a way to facilitate flirting and conversation. They’re like single’s dances, except nobody’s dancing and everyone’s got a Blackberry or iPhone in front of them the entire time, or like dating websites, except you’re face-to-face with other people.

For tech-savvy singles who are unlucky in love, shy or just looking for a new way to meet people, Flitter could be the answer.

"Flitter," a flirting game that will debut at events hosted by speed dating company FastLife, will give singles the chance to tweet flirty messages to others at the event.

Speaking to CTV's Canada AM earlier this week, FastLife founders Justin and Annabelle Parfitt said flirting through Twitter allows people to come out of their shells and begin to interact.

Just in time for Valentine's Day on Sunday, there's Flitter, a singles event in Toronto on Saturday that will tap into both Twitter and smartphone technology.

Organized by speed-dating service FastLife, Flitter will allow singles to fire off a tweet on their BlackBerry or iPhone to someone who might be catching their eye...

Hundreds of tech-savvy singles armed with their smartphones will gather for FastLife's Flitter parties across Canada on Saturday hoping to land a date in time for Valentine's Day.

Toronto the good? More like Toronto the cold. But why?

Justin Parfitt, the CEO of a dating company called FastLife, pins it on our history, saying the city still lugs around the social values of its pious, puritanical forefathers. “We put up barriers that seem to come from previous generations,” he says.

He says T.O.’s shyness is the reason his speed-dating events – and online dating – are so successful. People don’t meet each other in the more traditional ways.

Flirting + Twitter = Flitter? Yep, FastLife – the world’s largest “speed dating” service for singles – is throwing Valentine’s Day events in Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal and Ottawa on Sat. Feb. 13, and it’s B.Y.O.S. (Bring Your Own Smartphone). Here’s why…

Forget online dating sites. For the ‘Crackberry’ addicts, there’s a new way to meet singles on your smartphone.

FastLife, a speed-dating and singles’ events service, has created Flitter — what the company describes as “micro-flirting in 140 characters or less.”

So, back in May, I tried speed dating for the first time and it was a blast...

Follow Alternavox writer Shamim Ahad's adventures through a night of dating with FastLife...