Downloaded 103 times
![Location-based social networking: opportunity or blind alley? Steven Feldman KnowWhere Consulting [email_address] weaverluke .com](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/lbsnv6-090323043411-phpapp02/75/Location-Based-Social-Networks-Killer-App-or-Blind-Alley-1-2048.jpg)
![Ubiquitous location Being present everywhere at once Steven Feldman KnowWhere Consulting [email_address] http://GIScussions.blogspot.com weaverluke .com](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/lbsnv6-090323043411-phpapp02/75/Location-Based-Social-Networks-Killer-App-or-Blind-Alley-15-2048.jpg)
Uploaded bySteven Feldman
Location Based Social Networks - Killer App or Blind Alley?
The document discusses the growing trend of location-based social networking, highlighting various platforms like Brightkite, Rummble, and Dopplr that facilitate user interaction based on geographical proximity. With significant statistics on social media usage, it questions whether this trend represents a genuine opportunity or a potential dead end. Furthermore, the document addresses issues such as privacy and the impact of major companies entering the location-based space.
More Related Content
Similar to Location Based Social Networks - Killer App or Blind Alley?
More from Steven Feldman
![[BDD 2025 - Full-Stack Development] The Modern Stack: Building Web & AI Appli...](https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/fs-themodernstackbuildingwebaiapplicationswithserverless-251124030844-388cf04f-thumbnail.jpg?width=640&height=640&fit=bounds)
![[BDD 2025 - Full-Stack Development] Digital Accessibility: Why Developers nee...](https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/fs-digitalaccessibilitywhydevelopersneedtoknowandcarein2025-251127011019-0674441d-thumbnail.jpg?width=640&height=640&fit=bounds)
![[BDD 2025 - Mobile Development] Exploring Apple’s On-Device FoundationModels](https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/md-exploringappleson-devicefoundationmodels-251124030840-d690542c-thumbnail.jpg?width=640&height=640&fit=bounds)
Location Based Social Networks - Killer App or Blind Alley?
- 1. Location-based social networking:opportunity or blind alley? Steven Feldman KnowWhere Consulting [email_address] weaverluke .com
- 2. Social networking 530msocial network users worldwide Facebook has 175m users worldwide. UK has 15m users , retains users for 169 minutes per month Twitter UK traffic has trebled in 2009! weaverluke .com
- 3.
- 4.
- 5. Is it allabout time? http://is.gd/lCrI weaverluke .com
- 6. Time, Proximity &Granularity weaverluke .com
- 7.
- 8. “… Brightkite is a location-based social network. In real time you can see where your friends are and what they’re up to. Depending on your privacy settings you can also meet others nearby.…” weaverluke .com
- 9. “… Rummble isa location based social search and discovery tool, enabling users find recommended content for a location more easily, without a traditional keyword search. Instead, Rummble’s algorithm provides personalized results based upon a trust profile it builds for you and the content in your social network …” weaverluke .com
- 10. “… Dopplr is an online service for frequent travelers. It lets you share your future travel plans with a group of trusted fellow travelers that you have chosen. It also reminds you of friends and colleagues who live in the cities you’re planning to visit. You can use the service with your personal computer and mobile phone…” weaverluke .com
- 11. Aka-Aki Belysio BlumapiaBlumni Brightkite BuddyBeacon Buddycloud BuddyMob BuddyWay buzzd Carticipate ComeTogethr Dodgeball Dopplr Duzine FindbyClick FindMe Footprint History Fraced GeoMe GeoSpot GeoUpdater GyPSii ICloseby Ipoki IRL Jentro Latitude LightPole Limbo Locatik Locatrix Locle Loki Loopt MapMe Map My Tracks MeetMoi Mobilaris MobiLuck Mologogo Moximiti MyGeoDiary MyGeolog Myrimis Now Here Pelago Placr Plazes PocketLife Quiro Qlique Rummble Shizzow Skobbler Skout Sniff Socialight Sparrow Spot Adventures SpotJots The Grid TownKing TownQueen Tripit Twittelator Unype weNear WHERE TM WhereYouGonnaBe Whrrl Zhiing Zintin weaverluke .com
- 12. Google storms inweaverluke .com
- 13. Big boys addlocation weaverluke .com
- 14. Where’s the beef?weaverluke .com
- 15. Ubiquitous location Being present everywhere atonce Steven Feldman KnowWhere Consulting [email_address] http://GIScussions.blogspot.com weaverluke .com
Editor's Notes
- #2 The thinking behind this talk started when I read a report by ABI Research predicting LBMSN would be a $3.2m market by 2013. Notwithstanding my doubts about the accuracy of the prediction, I was stunned at the potential that they saw and I wanted to find a bit of that opportunity. Credit Luke Razzell for the images and a share of the ideas