The bilingual blog of TWRAmericas

Blogamericas.com header image 2
Email This Post Email This Post

Twitter goes Geo

November 23rd, 2009 · written by Tim Lucas · No Comments

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2009/tc20090823_834450.htm

a number of reports lately about the fact that the main site number of twitter apps will allow for geotagging of tweets. Interesting stuff – but how happy would you be to have your tweets tagged?
Recently we interviewed a young Colombian who spoke about how Tweets in Colombia had been used to trace people and their behaviours and ultimately lead to kidnappings. Having seen Biz Stone speak recently, i like his “Quiet American” (check out the book and not the film) style, but his blind optimism of the power of Twitter to be a force for good rather contradicts some fundamentals of human behaviour.

Tags: Uncategorized


Who Writes: Tim Lucas

PhD from Sheffield University, England focusing upon an anthropology of youth cultures in the US. Over 10 yrs of experience in academic but predominantly commercial research. Specialisms in media, youth, sports, communications and social research. Native in English, Advanced Portugues, Beginner in Spanish

This website uses IntenseDebate comments, but they are not currently loaded because either your browser doesn't support JavaScript, or they didn't load fast enough.

0 responses so far ↓

  • There are no comments yet...Kick things off by filling out the form below.

Leave a Comment