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Ideas for how we might use Foursquare in government anyone?
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Carrie Bishop
on 29/01/10 at 14:57
said:
Carrie Bishop
on 29/01/10 at 14:57
said:
Hmm. very unconvinced by Foursquare, mostly due to their shocking disregard for their users' privacy and personal data. See this blog post: http://www.bitsbook.com/2010/01/foursquare-meets-harvard/ (via http://www.mediainfluencer.net/)
I would encourage government to steer well clear of this sort of trick!
Noel Hatch
on 29/01/10 at 15:06
said:
I was just about to post this before I saw Carrie's comments.
The obvious public services it could be used for are visitor centres and country parks. In Kent, we provide geo caches http://bit.ly/d5WQDd for people which is a very similar process to foursquare except very lo-fi!
It could also be used in co-working and community hub type locations - i.e. Sure Start, libraries, Gateways. A great way for people to recommend and feedback on public services facilities but also linking to activities like http://www.flocklocal.net.
But back onto Carrie's comment, this brings us to what our position as public services should be on signposting or even using applications like Foursquare who may have this disregard for personal data?
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