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Ali Fedotowsky has become a household name since first appearing on “The Bachelor” last season vying for Jake Pavelka’s heart.  Her most infamous moment being her ongoing bickering with Bachelor winner Vienna and then deciding to leave the show, choosing her job at Facebook over love.   ABC has chosen her as this season’s ‘Bachelorette, and she’s not taking any chances!  Fedotowsky has packed up everything, quit her job, and moved in with her married friends in New York.  If you’d like to catch a sneak peek of the season, click here: Bachelorette.

From the online buzz, it appears that everyone wants to share their opinion to help Ali Fedotowsky make some awesome life choices.  Check out what The Huffington Post offers in the way of great tips and advice for the Bachelorette to prepare her this time around.  The Bachelorette 2010 is to be full of drama, rumors, and excitement on the show as well as off.

For a complete rundown of the men this season, you can watch the video above or click here for a complete listing and brief bio’s of the 25 hunks.

Tune in tonight on ABC from 9pm to 11pm EDT.

If you are wondering where all the good guys are, apparently you can find them on Twitter, where they hold a 56% majority amongst users. And believe it or not, they seem to be becoming better communicators than women, at least in the social media world where, according to a recent survey conducted by Liberty Mutual, they are more likely to tweet on a regular basis than women.

Though 37 year old Alyssa has yet to find Mr. Right, she has created her own intimate dating pool by casting a broad net of followers, people who care about her commentary and brain blurps. “There really are single men out there” says Alyssa as she demystifies the myths for 35+ single women. “These smart and savvy guys are approaching me from every corner of the world.”

As we continue to witness with Facebook and iPhone, the success of one media platform breeds adjunct applications, and Twitter discovered it is no exception.  Already Philip Kaplan, founder of FuckedCompany and Adbrite, lauched Flirt 140, a free service which allows users to find potential matches on Twitter based on gender, geographic area and keyword. Though all boast the same benefits and functionality, there are plenty of microdating communities out there including Plenty of Tweeps, TwitDates and Radaroo. Given that the technology is fairly easy to implement, we predict that larger dating sites like Match.com will be next to launch dating tweet decks of their own.

And though art often imitates life, in the case of social media the real world often mimics the medium. Justin Parfitt, founder and CEO of Fastlife.com, a Canadian-based dating service provider, launched “Flitter” singles events in Australia and is now introducing them to social media singles throughout North America.

Guests at the 140 conference who attended the tweet and greet session simply wore a white sticker with a number given to them upon entry and were able to send direct messages to any number of strangers who caught their eye and fancy from across the room, all via their mobile devices.

And like Alyssa you don’t have to be a tech geek to join in the fun. Just beware who you talk to and what you tweet about, because these days it seems everybody it watching!