Mingles.com is a free online community where you can make new friends, find romance, form groups, chat with people from all over the globe, and basically just have lots of fun. Yes and there are no catches. All services are free for everyone! (taken from their website)

• Mingles is free. It's the best free online dating site, period.
• Mingles only has profiles of people.
• Mingles has built in anti-spamming controls.
• Mingles is for people 18 years old and over. You need to be an adult to use Mingles.
• Mingles has unlimited photos. You can attach an unlimited number of photos to your profile. You can add captions, and if you desire, allow other members (or just your friends) to comment on them.
• Mingles lets you attach a video message to your profile. One-click recording directly from your webcam to your Mingles profile.
• Mingles has easy group creation tools. You can create public or private groups, and you'll get your own Group Home Page, forum, and private chat room.
• Mingles has easy blogging tools. Ever wanted to create a Blog but didn't know where to start? Mingles makes it easy.
• Mingles has video chat and instant messaging. It's fun to use and very slick.
• Mingles has self-moderated forums. This means that the creator of the forum topic can moderate it. It's simple, it works, and it helps keep the flame-wars to a minimum.