Foursquare

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/19/technology/internet/19foursquare.html

Foursquare is an online community where you are able to speak with your friends about where you are and what you are doing. When you are in this community you log in where you are at certain times and then you are able to see where other people are and what they are doing. Then you can leave comments about the place or other places close by. This turns into a slight game becuase you are trying to check in as many places as you can so you can earn more badges. As you check into these places you become a mayor (which is the highest rank) and that means you have been there the most times. This is all linked to gps tracking in the mobile devices. Many people have mixed feelings about communities like this because they give away your location and what you are doing.

This article talks about the growing of this community and how things like this are catching on and can lead to more face to face communications. People are beginning to see where you are and who you are with so that you can find more people with the same interests as you have. Which is a bonus when it comes to apps like these because you can make more social connections.