Mobile Localization: One Use that Is Really Useful and not Scary
The first time I heard about mobile social networks and the localization of the people in your network in real time, I found that a bit scary and quite intrusive. Of course you can use filters and decides who can see what, but still I feel quite unease about it. But as I went to Notting Hill Carnival and had friends going to similar events as well, we all complained about the difficulty of finding people in the crowd: it is truly a hassle that can break your day.
So the solution might be to use one of the services that offer location sharing, such as Brighkite, Google Latitude, Loopt or even ZYB. As you share with your network your position in real time, people can find you quite easily and vice versa. Do not worry if you do not want to join any of this service as it seems likely that Facebook will offer this kind of feature in the future. With this, you can say goodbye to the unhelpful explanations like “I am on the main road” (with dozens of thousand people stupid!).
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