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Social Media: 23 August 2010
BY TAXI
BY TAXI
Location, location, location. The latest social media craze is all about where you’re at. Spurred on by the recent launch of Facebook Places, an AdAge writer ‘checked-in’ all her friends to a restaurant together—and they weren’t too happy about it.
A CNN video tells us exactly what kind of privacy fiascos users can get into with this automatic check-in service. Would you want your Mom to know exactly what you’ve been up to? Probably not.
Yet some folk are addicted to checking-in on Foursquare. An excellent piece on The New York Times uncovers the psyche of those infatuated with the geo fad, culling choice quotes from these so-called ‘Mayors’ of large public places.
A CNN video tells us exactly what kind of privacy fiascos users can get into with this automatic check-in service. Would you want your Mom to know exactly what you’ve been up to? Probably not.
Yet some folk are addicted to checking-in on Foursquare. An excellent piece on The New York Times uncovers the psyche of those infatuated with the geo fad, culling choice quotes from these so-called ‘Mayors’ of large public places.
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