brightkite is here! could it be the new twitter?
 

While twitter asks "what are you doing?", brightkite asks "what's happening?"

A small distinction... but one that might make a big difference in the world of mobile social networking, because rather than follow your friends' activities, you're finding people and activities that are close to you. Right now.

I know that Fej has been using the SMS-based version of brightkite for a while (he told me about it months ago), but I didn't jump in until the iPhone app was launched a couple of days ago. It uses the iPhone's GPS in a very impressive way.

Obviously, it's still early and so few of my friends are using it so it's still just a novelty... But I do have 3 invites available, so if anyone is interested, let me know.

At this point, it's so easy to use that I think I'll be using both twitter and brightkite, at least for a while.

Hmmm, this sounds very interesting to me.

Don't take this the wrong way anyone ... but I'm looking to expand my circle of friends. (For one thing, there's no boyfriend material in my current extensive circles, for another ... new is good).

So, oh user(s) of brightkite, could it facillitate finding activities attended by as-yet-unknown people of similar interests???

Oh dear sweet zombie jesus...... hell fvckin' no. Not another one. I'd rather have my pubic hair pulled out one by one with tweezers than sign up for anything twitter-esque.

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The new twitter?

I have yet to twitter.

Maintaining my MySpace keeps me busy, and my facebook is neglected. But not as horribly abandoned as my LJ. There aren't enough hours in the day. And please, Boss Radio, don't even remind me about my Linked In!

Invite please.

So tell me more. Why should I want another app? Your enthusiasm interests me, but an initial peek at the site doesn't show me much of an advance over twitter.

What are the advantages?

Done.

The difference is that you don't "follow" people, like twitter. The filter isn't by person, it's by geography, so when you're doing something somewhere, people nearby will know, and can meet/join you.

Huh. Interesting concept. Not sure I'll be leaping on this particular bandwagon, but it IS an interesting concept.

Cool. This will make stalking specific demographics way easier!


Err, I mean if one where into that sort of thing.....