Proximity-based social networking

A computing system configured to facilitate proximity based social networking, comprising:

• a memory;
• a module stored on the memory that is configured, when executed, to:
• provide a proximity-based social networking environment to a plurality of users that are each operating a mobile device, the plurality of users each belonging to one or more social networking services, by:
• receiving location information from each of the mobile devices;
• determining a subset of the plurality of users, each of the users of the subset being proximately located to every other user of the subset and having indicated a desire to be made visible to other users;
• and
• causing the mobile devices operated by each of the subset of users to present, without use of a map or any other specific indication of a user location, information about other users of the subset.

A computer-readable medium whose contents, when executed, cause a computing system to facilitate proximity-based social networking, by:

• providing a proximity-based social networking environment to a plurality of users that are each operating a mobile device, the plurality of users each belonging to one or more social networking services, by:
• receiving location information from each of the mobile devices;
• determining a subset of the plurality of users, each of the users of the subset being proximately located to every other user of the subset and having indicated a desire to be made visible to other users;
• and
• causing the mobile devices operated by each of the subset of users to present, without use of a map or any other specific indication of a user location, information about other users of the subset.