Comments on: How Foursquare and Location-Based Social Networks are Changing the Internet http://www.insidethewebb.com/2010/05/foursquare-location-based-social-networks-changing-internet/ Getting Inside Some of the Web's Finest Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:19:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Gail from GrowMap http://www.insidethewebb.com/2010/05/foursquare-location-based-social-networks-changing-internet/#comment-9981 Gail from GrowMap Sat, 29 May 2010 01:52:43 +0000 http://www.insidethewebb.com/?p=921#comment-9981 IMHO, the risks of providing your location far outweigh the benefits. While "discovering" someone in person that you know online sounds like fun that thrill will be short-lived if the person you bump into turns out to be less than stable - and that is more common than you think. Deciding you want to meet a specific person you know online is one thing - making it possible for anyone to locate you at any time is dangerous because people looking for their next meal ticket have more incentive to make that happen than someone who is busy with their own life. And that is NOT the only likely problem. See the section in my blog on privacy and data mining or watch any CSI, CSC or other show on TV to see how data can be used to "prove" you are guilty. There is a post that includes examples of misleading ideas along those lines among my posts. IMHO, the risks of providing your location far outweigh the benefits. While “discovering” someone in person that you know online sounds like fun that thrill will be short-lived if the person you bump into turns out to be less than stable – and that is more common than you think.

Deciding you want to meet a specific person you know online is one thing – making it possible for anyone to locate you at any time is dangerous because people looking for their next meal ticket have more incentive to make that happen than someone who is busy with their own life.

And that is NOT the only likely problem. See the section in my blog on privacy and data mining or watch any CSI, CSC or other show on TV to see how data can be used to “prove” you are guilty. There is a post that includes examples of misleading ideas along those lines among my posts.

]]> By: Travis Ulrich http://www.insidethewebb.com/2010/05/foursquare-location-based-social-networks-changing-internet/#comment-8028 Travis Ulrich Wed, 05 May 2010 23:17:05 +0000 http://www.insidethewebb.com/?p=921#comment-8028 I don't know anyone who even knows what Foursquare is. And I've asked around. Maybe it's not big in Canada yet? Anyway, I guess I better figure this out, though I don't really "get" it yet. :) I don’t know anyone who even knows what Foursquare is. And I’ve asked around. Maybe it’s not big in Canada yet? Anyway, I guess I better figure this out, though I don’t really “get” it yet. :)

]]> By: Shirley Osei-Mensah http://www.insidethewebb.com/2010/05/foursquare-location-based-social-networks-changing-internet/#comment-7903 Shirley Osei-Mensah Mon, 03 May 2010 18:54:31 +0000 http://www.insidethewebb.com/?p=921#comment-7903 That's great, Jake. It's always good to jump on the bandwagon if you think it has great potential. The earlier the better and the early bird catches the worm. So if Foursquare becomes really big in terms of potential in the future, the early birds will reap really great results which includes you :). Even Pete Cashmore said it's one of the things he has his eyes on this year. So we are all also watching too, lets see how far Foursquare goes and grows :). .-= Shirley Osei-Mensah´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/shirleyofshirleyszone/~3/RobKSU5B7C8/" rel="nofollow">Pictures Of Shirley Osei-Mensah And Others At TEDxYouthInspire</a> =-. That’s great, Jake. It’s always good to jump on the bandwagon if you think it has great potential. The earlier the better and the early bird catches the worm. So if Foursquare becomes really big in terms of potential in the future, the early birds will reap really great results which includes you :) .

Even Pete Cashmore said it’s one of the things he has his eyes on this year. So we are all also watching too, lets see how far Foursquare goes and grows :) .
.-= Shirley Osei-Mensah´s last blog ..Pictures Of Shirley Osei-Mensah And Others At TEDxYouthInspire =-.

]]> By: Dave Hoffman http://www.insidethewebb.com/2010/05/foursquare-location-based-social-networks-changing-internet/#comment-7857 Dave Hoffman Mon, 03 May 2010 02:03:57 +0000 http://www.insidethewebb.com/?p=921#comment-7857 What I have found with Foursquare and Gowalla has been discovery. Of all the 100's of people I pass in a day I have found people who I probably seen many times but never knew they were there. People who shop where I shop and eat where I eat. It's an interesting ice breaker too. I also like the fact I can choose what information is shared when. There is a lot of potential and I believe it will be simular to email - if you never used it you find it pointless but once you use it you wonder how you lived without it. What I have found with Foursquare and Gowalla has been discovery. Of all the 100′s of people I pass in a day I have found people who I probably seen many times but never knew they were there. People who shop where I shop and eat where I eat. It’s an interesting ice breaker too.

I also like the fact I can choose what information is shared when. There is a lot of potential and I believe it will be simular to email – if you never used it you find it pointless but once you use it you wonder how you lived without it.

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