Comments on: Twitter Local Trends: The Dawn of Geospatial Awareness

By: Nathan Rodriguez

Nathan Rodriguez — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:36:31 +0000

I think is a good feature to keep up with what is happening in your region in real time, before media coverup.

By: Sam

Sam — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:49:20 +0000

I also think there is going to just simply too much noise. At least initially (say for the next 5 years.) Hell Twitter has had a lot of trouble just keeping their website up because of all the growth they’ve had.

By: Prostate Problems

Prostate Problems — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:09:49 +0000

Do you need to have geotagging enabled for your posts to contribute to local trends or is it just enough to give your city and country? I am not interested in turning on geotagging (for privacy reasons) but would like my tweets to be part of local trends whenever Twitter gets enough users in Taiwan.

By: Max Gladwell

Max Gladwell — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:43:16 +0000

The noise factor will seriously hamper Twitter’s ability to deliver on the promise of geospatial awareness. It could just be the wrong tool for the job.

By: Global Patriot

Global Patriot — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 22:16:54 +0000

While I see the value of local trends with regard to connecting or interacting in your area, I have my doubts about services like Foursquare when it comes to broadcast mode.

For example, if a million people are constantly tweeting their location it may very well overwhelm the stream of valid information.

By: tempo dulu

tempo dulu — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:57:26 +0000

Local Trends will work on specific, large issues, but as you point out the problem is that there is so much “noise” drowning things out. More is not less and the internet is simply a huge depository of junk. It needs to be cleaned up. Google? Are you listening!