Twitter Will Add Places to Its Posts
New York Times
Twitter posts already answer who, what and when. Now they will also tell people exactly where a post was written.
On Monday, Twitter announced on its blog that Twitter Places is going live. Twitter users can tag their posts with their precise location — like Alcatraz or the Columbus Circle Whole Foods — and people can search for all the posts written from a specific location.
Twitter’s founders have talked about the need to develop ways in which people can find the messages that are most relevant to them. This is a big step. If someone is walking into a concert and wants to know why the line is so long, for instance, they could search for the posts written from Madison Square Garden. If there are emergency vehicles outside a hotel, they could search posts written from the hotel.
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Twitter posts already answer who, what and when. Now they will also tell people exactly where a post was written.
On Monday, Twitter announced on its blog that Twitter Places is going live. Twitter users can tag their posts with their precise location — like Alcatraz or the Columbus Circle Whole Foods — and people can search for all the posts written from a specific location.
Twitter’s founders have talked about the need to develop ways in which people can find the messages that are most relevant to them. This is a big step. If someone is walking into a concert and wants to know why the line is so long, for instance, they could search for the posts written from Madison Square Garden. If there are emergency vehicles outside a hotel, they could search posts written from the hotel.
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