CITYist

If you are a regular commuter around New York City, Badoo.com should be no stranger to you. Badoo.com is the largest Social Network for meeting new people launched in 2006. With more than 148 million registered users worldwide, the business has become one of the top 65 most visited websites in the world.

Badoo.com works just like Facebook but allows you to meet new people and not just add people that you already know. By creating a profile and describing the type of person you’d like to meet, individuals are able to chat with one another and choose to meet. Moreover, users can also pay more to be introduced to a larger number of people for their profile.

On May 1st, Badoo.com launched their first U.S. advertising campaign featuring 26 real New Yorkers from all corners of the city who were finalist from their Badoo Project. The lucky 26 members will have their profile pictures transformed into advertisements around the city (taxi-tops, subway cars, Facebook and Youtube) with a “I Want” tagline describing the type of people they want to meet. The mix of online and offline commercials shows Badoo’s mission for it’s users – to find new people online but participate in activities outdoors.

So download the app on your smartphone now to meet cool people near you!

On the App Store

On the Android Market

On the Blackberry App World