Female, Brunette...

Embarrassing love letters are no longer needed for romancing.  Flirtation in the 21st century, and at Truman, is online, and it's LikeALittle.com.

The website, founded in 2010 by Stanford student Evan Reas, describes itself as a "flirting facilitator platform." Users can post flirtatious comments anonymously about fellow students they like, resulting in posts at Truman such as "At Ryle: Female, Blonde. I am looking at you in a study room. You are the light of my life and you don't even notice. Notice me. I love you."

"It's just a website where if you see somebody that you like, you can write a little post," said junior Ashley Wolf, one of the LikeALittle moderators at Truman. "It's basically just a fun way to flirt."

Sophomore Caitlyn Dum brought LikeALittle to Truman. She stumbled upon the website on a friend's Facebook post and instantly was drawn to it. She received permission from the original founders to create a Truman chapter, and it went online after Winter Break.

Sophomore George Allan began using LikeALittle when a friend recommended it to him. At first he was skeptical, but after he began posting, he saw the potential of LikeALittle to become one of his favorite time-wasting hobbies, along with Facebook.

"I really like the fact that you can be somewhat romantic without being so out there and upfront," Allan said. "I think it's a really classy and fun site."

Allan said he used to be a guy who passed love notes to girls he liked. Now, with LikeALittle, he said the process of flirting is much less awkward. However, he said if he wanted to seriously show his interest, he would communicate with the person face-to-face. He said posts on a website cannot communicate real feelings.

Although it's fun posting playful comments online, some people find LikeALittle somewhat creepy, Wolf said. While the users' anonymity can be beneficial, it also can become a concern. LikeALittle does not allow comments that are racist, harassing, sexually-explicit or contain swear words. The biggest rule is real names are never used. There are four site moderators at Truman who oversee posts. The moderators check the site several times a day to make sure all inappropriate posts are deleted, Wolf said.

As long as all the rules are abided, LikeALittle is a great way to express feelings and see what goes on in the minds of secret admirers, Dum said.  Even though LikeALittle might not become as big as Facebook, it still can be phenomenal, Dum said.

"One person said that it's another way for students to not be social," she said. "I can understand that, but at the same time, it's just like they are being more social by saying something on a website than not saying it at all to anyone."