Facebook Places Puts a Twist on Location Based Services
Facebook has done it again. Your interpretation of that statement is completely up to you. Even though I recently called for everyone to leave Mark Zuckerberg alone until he really screws up, I think we can take a break from that embargo to rail him on his latest idea - Facebook Places.
Facebook Places is Facebook's answer to location based check-in applications, such as Foursquare and Gowalla. Places will be available as a mobile application only. That's it. Article is over. Oh wait, one more thing - you won't be the only one that can check you in at a location, your friends can too. That means anyone from your BFF to that a-hole you knew in high school that you really can't remember what she/he looks like.
Of course that friend or a-hole needs to be where you are to check you in, but that doesn't mean that you know they are there or even care. Especially if it's the a-hole. Why are you friends on Facebook with the a-hole in the first place? Because it's Facebook and that's what people do.
To put it simply, Zuckerberg has done it again.
Are you kidding me Mark? It's one thing to let my friends - by default - tag me in photos that I may not have known I was in, but now to let them tag me at a location using GPS is just stupid. Yes, it's a setting I can turn off - thank your personal lord for that one - but still, having the default set to on is one again another major privacy gaffe that Facebook and Zuckerberg seem to just not be getting.
Not to mention when there is an article on the internet that immediately suggests readers turn the feature off, you should realize you've made another error in social media.
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