Discussion Topic: Social Networks and Finding New People (cross-post)

(This is a re-post of a question I posted to the Social Media Design community.)

One thing I've been thinking about lately is how I no longer know how to find new friends on the internet.

I work through my existing social networks to the extent that I can, but I'm interested in meeting entirely new people with similar interests to my own.

How do you meet new people online? Are there ways that social network tools could make it easier?

Comments here:
https://social-media-design.dreamwidth.org/1160.html