IdoCheckin privacy and connecting - check in while at Lotusphere #ls10
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Thanks to Brightkite, there are amazing amounts of privacy controls and ways to connect to your existing friends while at Lotusphere through the IdoCheckin points. If you don't get it yet, the ability to see where your friends are, or who has checked in at particular places, adds tons of value to your experience.
Privacy
This is something everyone takes seriously, and you should. The idea of sharing your location throughout the day is to build in person connectivity with the Lotus community. There are no checkpoints established anywhere outside of public spaces and checking in is totally up to you. Meaning, you control when and where and to whom (see below)
As for privacy controls, there are a couple levels and sharing types. Here are the types first
- Fans - these are people that want to hear from you. You do not have to make them a friend or see their information. They just want to keep up with where you are
- Friends - these are people you wish to follow yourself. You have levels of alerts and controls of what is shared to them. You can receive alerts by email or SMS if you really have to know where this person is without using the applications.
Levels of sharing -
They have simplified sharing when you check in. You can share to just friends (not everyone/fans) and toggle on and off Twitter/Facebook. It makes sharing to who you want and when you want a simple click. So I could share with everyone most of the time and even cross post to Twitter, and then restrict others to just friends.
Friendship is a one way street with the service. Anyone can become a fan of anyone else, nothing more is needed It is up to you to post for just friends or everyone.
Posting
You can also post to Twitter, Facebook and Flickr when you do your check in itself, making life simple. Adding notes, pictures and other items can then be assigned to the place itself as well as your Flickr stream.
Connecting
- Facebook - the largest grouping of who you know and trust. Are we connected on Facebook?
- Twitter - if you follow them already, then you should be seeing them in location services. You can find me on Twitter and do not forgot about the @Lotusphere account for reaching everyone while down there.
- Gmail - use your Google mail or even Google apps account to find those you communicate with
- Yahoo - many of you still live and breathe Yahoo services, here is your connection point.
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On Monday, January 11th, 2010 by Chris Miller
