Speed dating with AOA
A few conversations in one evening. Contacts only when it's mutual
Come in, sit at the table the Telegram bot gives you, and over the evening talk to everyone in your age group across the table. Vote with one tap after each round. You get someone's contact only when the interest is mutual.
Round 3 of 10talking
- Table
- 7
- Opposite
- #12
- left
- 4:12
How it usually goes
At a typical speed dating night, the hard part isn't the talking
Card and pen
After every conversation you have to tick a box before the host is already calling everyone to switch seats.
Days of silence
Who liked you back often comes out a few days later, when half the conversations are already a blur.
Three rounds without a partner
When the two sides of the table are uneven, someone sits out longer than everyone else.
With AOA the bot tells you your table and partner, a vote takes one tap, and results arrive the same evening.
How the evening works
One evening in five steps
Get a ticket
A speed dating ticket works like any other AOA event. Your profile needs your date of birth and gender: that's how you're placed in your age group.
Show your ticket at the door
Only people who checked in get paired, so nobody waits at a table for someone who didn't show up.
Take your seat
Before each round the Telegram bot sends your table number and the number of the person opposite. A timer runs the round, and there's time to switch seats in between.
Vote after the conversation
At the end of a round the bot sends two buttons: yes or no. If you missed a round, there are a few minutes after the last one to catch up.
Get the contacts
When your group finishes, the bot and email send the names and contacts of people whose interest matches yours: their Telegram or AOA profile page.
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A fair evening
Every pair meets once, and nobody sits out for long
Everyone meets everyone
The schedule is built so you meet each person in your group across the table exactly once.
Breaks take turns
When the two sides are uneven, breaks rotate between people instead of landing on one person several rounds in a row.
Someone left early
The organizer marks it, and the remaining rounds are rebuilt with no repeat pairs.
Votes
The other person finds out you liked them only when it's mutual
Your vote goes to the system that looks for matches and to the organizer's panel. Other participants see only mutual matches.
Mutual only
A one-sided yes stays unanswered: the other person never finds out about it.
No phone number
A mutual pair gets each other's Telegram or a link to the AOA profile. Phone numbers aren't shared.
Your age group
The organizer splits guests into age groups, and pairs form only within yours.
18+ only
Age is checked against the date of birth in your profile, so everyone at the evening is an adult.
An AOA account with your date of birth and gender in the profile, and a ticket to the event. Telegram helps: the bot sends tables, vote buttons and results.
Yes. Your table, the number of the person opposite and the vote buttons are on the event page, where you can also rate missed rounds. Results arrive by email.
The person opposite finds out you liked them only if it's mutual. The organizer sees votes in their panel to run the evening. Other participants can't see them.
You'll get a short message without any contacts. Your yes votes stay unknown to other participants.
The organizer sets it, five minutes by default. There's time to switch seats between rounds, and the number of rounds depends on how many people are in your group.
No. The bot writes before each round and at the end of the conversation, so your phone can stay in your pocket the rest of the time.
Tell the organizer: they'll mark you, and the remaining rounds are rebuilt for everyone else with no repeat pairs.
Speed dating on AOA is adults only, and age is checked against your profile. Age places you in an age group, and gender is used to form pairs.
See you at the table
Speed dating on AOA is run by organizers at spaces around the city. Find dates and tickets in the events listing.