Location Is The Missing Link Between Social Networks And The Rea
The word we keep hearing over and over again for such situations is “serendipity,” but really it’s not. None of this needs to be left up to chance. It’s simply an extension of social networking into the real world. Another social network, Twitter, is already in hot pursuit of such functionality. Any day now, the service will turn on its geolocation service which will both allow you to send tweets with your location tacked on, and allow you to pass in location information from other services, like Foursquare. As a service with tens of millions of users, Twitter will be the first massive test of location as an extension of social networking.
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Users can become the “mayor” of a location on Foursquare by checking in at a place more than any other user over a 60 day period.
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Canadian firm 6S Marketing took up the charge and came to Foursquare looking to get their city hooked up. Chris Breikss, Co-Founder and President of 6S Marketing, says on their site : “Vancouver has a strong online community and high participation on social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook that are complimentary to Foursquare. At 6S we are connected to the online community and as a result are helping to facilitate the launch of a product that we think will be the ‘next big thing’ in social media .” It will also be a boon to the fledging social media company if users can populate cities with information (and take the initiative to do it themselves).
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Foursquare Beats Twitter to Local Advertising Goldmine
It’s absolutely genius and here’s why. Say you’re out and about grabbing your morning coffee. You check-in to get your points and Foursquare shows you one of several possible deals: a special mayor offer for the location you’re at, a special mayor offer for a location nearby, or nearby check-in discounts.
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Foursquare : "One factor that might help Foursquare retain its intimate feel is that most of its members... many urbanites in their 20s and 30s.... are picky about who can see the real-time footprints that they are leaving across the cities in which they live." A Small World : "The site functions much like an inscrutable co-op board: its members, who pay no fee, induct newcomers on the basis of education, profession and most important, their network of personal contacts." Is it for people of refined taste and discretion?
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Social Media on a Sunday Afternoon: Only in the
When trusted sources and new apps come together on platforms like Twitter and geo-loco services, it will become extremely useful. Posted by: Renee Blodgett | Jun 18, 2010 11:17:21 AM Yes and what will be really compelling is when there are services layered on top of Foursquare and Gowalla so you can get even more relevant information from a SMALL group of friends you trust about a venue. Yelp is not useful for people with discerning tastes for example nor can I trust that a recommendation for a romantic restaurant from a 20 year old will be the same one I would be interested in yet how would I know anything about their data on Yelp nor would I want to take the time to know.
