Mix: China’s Sexiest, Most Flirtatious Social Network

A Chinese start-up has this week launched China’s most flirtatious social network, called Mix. It’s a mobile- and LBS-based service that aims to connect – well, hook-up – people in the same area. The start-up’s own description of the service is that it’s like your favourite nightclub.

It’s very simple: you can sign-up for Mix by connecting it to either your Sina Weibo or Renren account, and then you’re good to go, with your other profile’s avatar and gender imported for use on Mix.

Thereafter, it’s just a case of using the app – iPhone only for the moment, with an Android version in the works – to browse people in your area. You can sort only by gender, and see how far away that other person is. Being outside of Shanghai at the moment, there was no-one within 30 kilometres of me, but the new SNS seems to have gotten a fair amount of traction in just its first week, with a good few dozen people online right now in a neighboring city.

Inside Mix, users can add extra photos. You can comment on these, and follow more users, all separate from your Weibo account. In many ways, Mix is a bit like the five sweet, Chinese photo-sharing apps we looked at recently – but without that added sexiness.

A similar Chinese service – though with a more straight-laced, work-oriented focus – is Zazzer, the LBS-based group messaging app.

The Mix website for some reason shows only English. Perhaps this is the start of taking it international in later versions, once alternative logins – i.e. Twitter or Facebook – have been implemented.

Check out the Mix website, or grab the flirty app over on the iTunes Store.