Have you ever used one of the burgeoning location-based services such as Foursquare and Gowalla? The chances are that you haven’t because the mainstream isn’t generally on board with the technology yet.
However, with Facebook joining the throng with Facebook Places, maybe that will all change. With Facebook now boasting in excess of 500 million users, there’s certainly a big userbase waiting to be utilized.
Facebook Places is, in essence, an addition to Facebook which lets people share where they are and tell a story from that location. The idea is that friends can then meet them there or read the notes they made when they visited.
I won’t be using Facebook Places as I don’t like the idea of sharing my location with all and sundry on the Web. It’s hardly the most sensible idea. Facebook clearly thinks location-based services have a future, but I personally can’t see it.
