Abstract: A method for social networking that involves registering a plurality of individuals who will be users of a social network. A plurality of electronic user devices may be provided that are adapted to be carried by each of the users. Each said electronic user device may have an identification code and may be able to wirelessly harvest the identification code of any other one of the electronic user devices when two or more of the electronic user devices come within a predetermined distance of one another. A host subsystem may be used to coordinate messaging and a transfer of predetermined types of information between the first and second users.