I am unsure as to why I have used Gowalla and Foursquare in the past. On reflection, it just seemed a waste; I wasn’t sharing where I was with my close friends, just those who I know online.
People may be concerned about the privacy issues concerning Facebook Places. And with Facebook’s poor handling of privacy issues in the past I can’t blame them. But if I look at the bigger picture, and imagine the potential of what Places can offer, those issues just seem to disappear.
The potential of this feature wont be realised within the first couple of years. But what Places offer is a way to relive your life, relive the moments you will treasure for a lifetime. It will provide easy access to the friends that you shared that moment with, along with the photographs, the videos, the notes which were created at that time.
The ideas expressed in this video will probably become true. It would be great to see what friends have visited a place before me, and see what they have left there for me to discover.
What do you guys think of Facebook Places?!
