It's no wonder that there are a plethora of online dating sites for people who aren't afraid to call themselves geeks. After all, they're the ones that are at the forefront of Internet technology right? But did you know just how many online dating sites there are that serve the specialty market of finding love matches for people who consider themselves geeks (or who at least align their beliefs with an "alternative" label)?

Check out this list published by Mashable which summarizes over twenty sites that are just for "geeks and freaks". The list encompasses not just those sites that are for "self-confessed freaks" (such as Consummating.com) but is also for those people who are in love with geek-like tools (major social networking maps, intricate tagging of profiles). If you spend your time online and you're looking for a match that can challenge you on the computer as well as elsewhere, you might want to start looking at these "next gen" sites as the way to go. Of course, with the geeks always moving forward, these sites could be technologically out of date before too long!