Mixi No Longer Requires an Invite. edu Loophole Still Works!
01. Mar, 2010
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Just after I post about getting past the Mixi blockade by using a .edu address, Mixi shakes things up and I thought they closed up the .edu loophole. [UPDATE] Turns out, it still works, and the best part is, you don’t need to ask for a Mixi invite anymore. You can register all by yourself.
The Good News
Mixi has switched from being an invite-only service to being an “anyone-can-join” service. That means now anyone can join, as long as you’re using the workaround. Otherwise, you have to be Japanese / in Japan.
The Bad News
Well, there is no real bad news now that I’ve gotten word that you can use the workaround to register for Mixi yourself. Very cool.
What This Means
1. You can try to join anytime you want now.
2. My fingers won’t hurt so much sending all those replies and invites and so on!
3. You don’t have to write me a poem to get an invite. Sad for me, good for you.
Solutions?
Originally I had to offer some solutions for getting into Mixi, but no solutions necessary. Only the ol’ Mixi workaround, which should get you in.
So, no more need to leave sad comments in the comment section. Everyone be happy now and add me as a friend (just be warned I am super slow about processing friend requests).
Update: This loophole does not work anymore. The black ship has failed. Retreat! Retreat!
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Hmm…no clue, if it helps any, when I was creating my account I put my location as Tokyo, Meguro and my name in katakana, I don't know if that's ultimately what got me to skip the 3rd step or not though.
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good news :P
I'm guessing they probably specifically blocked australia.edu addresses, as I registered two accounts today with a different .edu no problem.
with @australia.edu email, it's not have a skip option in the 3th step ! ?
Sooo, where's the link below that I have to request for you to send me an invite? :p I have been approved!!!
Could you help me finding a different .edu e-mail sevice?
I've also tryed creating an australia.edu account, but the loophole doesn't seem to work anymore…
http://mail.newzealand.ed
Can also be used to get a .edu address.
This is a very nice news! My congratulations! I'm sure now you'll have more time. As for me, I also try hard to optimize my website (it is pdf SE http://www.pdfok.com ). I'm sure that though now I'm spending quite a lot of time at it but soon I'll be able to save it.
bleh i got an australia.edu email address and it still does not work. i tried my school's edu email but even though there was no firewall up when i tried to register for mixi the email didnt come from them