Gothamist gets a good scoop on something of particular interest to me. It seems that a new singles site, NYUSingles.com has launched that is designed to get NYU alumnus, students, and anyone else with an NYU fettish to sign up and hook up.

One kind poster, identified as Anthony (a fellow NYU Alum and study of sociology) did some research and found out that the backers of NYUSingles is actually a company called White Buffalo Ventures, Inc.. Seems they do this sort of thing for a living.

Being an entrepreneur myself with an interest in these forms of networks, many questions come to mind. How strong are our ties to organizations, from educational to social? What is the value of these special-purpose singles communities? Are they successful?