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Intro to Foursquare, Brightkite & Location-Based Social Media

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Location-based services — applications that “know” where you are and can use that information to connect you with people, places and things — are one of the hot new classes of social media applications. The Brightkite timeline is nicely laid out and emphasizes people (avatars and names) over location.

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The Unfriendliness of Kid-Friendly Social Networks

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Any serious adult user of Twitter, Facebook, or MySpace knows these sites are both social and anti-social. Facebook, the world’s leading social network, trampled the privacy rights of well informed technically literate adults. Let’s not escort our children into that world prematurely.