You’re tired of having to be an individual. You’ve joined all of these social networks, but on each one, you’re an island. There’s no one to talk to until you invite all of your existing friends. There’s no one there to see your witty messages and kooky photos. You’re just one person. This can’t be the best way to meet real people, right?

MIXTT, a recent TechCrunch50 startup, doesn’t think so. Outside of work and school, the way you really meet people is via your friends. Why not create a social network around that fits that model for social interaction? Eve Peters and her team have done just that. MIXTT is the social network for groups to meet other groups.

It’s a lot like MeetUp, but with a focus on groups meeting groups for fun, socializing, partying, and if you’re lucky, dating. What better way to use the web than to help you get off the web, get out, and meet people. In fact, “MIXTT is pretty much a guaranteed good time.”

When you join MIXTT, you’re immediately directed to create a group. (You might have your own profile, but the focus here is on the groups.) Next, fill out your group with a few friends or browse other groups. You can look up people’s social calendars, where they’re going to be, etc. When you zero in on a group that looks like a good time, well, go meet them. Better yet, bring a posse of your own and see what happens (a Beat It-like re-enactment, maybe?).

The MIXTT site is certainly designed for a good time, but there may be a few kinks in their plan. Like I said at the beginning, no one wants to be the first person of their friends to join a social network where all they’re doing is talking to themselves. A Facebook application would certainly help that. I also wonder how often I would actually update an online social calendar, but maybe future versions of the application could make use of email or Twitter-like updates.

Ultimately, you’ll get out of MIXTT what you put into it. It sure looks like fun — the site has a cool design, the pictures are full of party scenes. I just moved to San Francisco and could use a new social outlet. Their blogs (MIXTT blog and Check Please) are great, and, well, who doesn’t want to see a women-lead startup succeed?

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