Abstract This short article assesses the fresh governmental economy out-of sexually affective investigation with the the newest Chinese gay matchmaking program Blued. Which have introduced inside the 2012 once the a location-depending dating software similar to Grindr, Blued has now getting a multipurpose system providing extra features such because newsfeeds and live streaming. From the continued imbrication off old and you may new functionalities and you will relevant affordances, users are switched of relationship sufferers towards performative laborers. Predicated on Internet sites ethnographic look one to endured couple of years, this post concentrates on intimate-affective study streams (e.grams. virtual gifting,...