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vtknitboy replied on August 21, 2008 03:09 to the idea "Text Message, SMS, updates from Mobiles to Ping" in Ping.fm:

i have unlimited texting on my phone, and even though i have email and web access on my phone, it doesn't work in my area (parts of vermont), so txting ping updates from my phone is paramount for me, otherwise, it's useless as i use brightkite (which DOES do this from my phone).

A comment on the idea "Text Message, SMS, updates from Mobiles to Ping" in Ping.fm:

i have unlimited texting on my phone, and even though i have email and web access on my phone, it doesn't work in my area (parts of vermont), so txting ping updates from my phone is paramount for me, otherwise, it's useless as i use brightkite (which DOES do this from my phone). – vtknitboy, on August 21, 2008 03:09

A comment on the idea "Attach Privacy Level to Location" in Brightkite:

Yes, that's true. It's not the most ideal, given that both services support varying degrees of precision and should be able to work out a way to share them more accurately and transparently, but it's not a bad work-around and isn't without its own benefits. I'll definitely try it out (while waiting for a better solution down the road) :-) . – Thom Watson, on August 16, 2008 00:04

A comment on the idea "Attach Privacy Level to Location" in Brightkite:

One thing you can try, which is actually what I do, is to set the accuracy level of your location yourself when you check in. I'm always in public mode, so whenever I need to check in to a sensitive location, I simply don't check into an exact address. I will check in at street level or using an intersection, then I placemark these locations. I am always in control of what information is shared with FE and Twitter and don't have to rely on the privacy controls. I realize that this is not a desirable option for everyone, so it is only a suggestion, but it could help keep the Brightkite/FE combination useful for you. :) – Lesley, on August 15, 2008 23:59

Thom Watson replied on August 15, 2008 23:41 to the idea "Attach Privacy Level to Location" in Brightkite:

Lesley, I'm glad at least that you're going to make what you do clearer, but it actually means that Brightkite and FE together just isn't useful for me. If I need to go into FE and change my privacy setting there each time I check into an always-private location in Brightkite, when otherwise I want my location in FE to be public, then why should I even use Brightkite? The alternative is that I set FE to show everything at an imprecise level, which also is less than desirable.

Lesley replied on August 15, 2008 23:16 to the idea "Attach Privacy Level to Location" in Brightkite:

We apologize for any confusion. If you have FE sharing enabled, we will send your exact location to them and then within FE you can modify your privacy settings for what information gets sent out to any other sites. We realize that this is not made very clear in Brightkite, so we will go in and revise it so people know their exact location will be shared when they update.

cruciformity replied on August 15, 2008 18:44 to the idea "Attach Privacy Level to Location" in Brightkite:

This is back to there simply not being enough options. And maybe its an issue of options on Fire Eagle's end, but the two options it gives when syncing with Fire Eagle are exact location or zipcode (there are more options, but less specific). On the one hand, for Fire Eagle to be useful, they need my exact location, but on the other hand, since I have told BrightKite not to give that information out, they shouldn't give it out. It should look as if I checked in at a zip code or city, not an address. It doesn't seem like that should be to hard.

thomwatson replied on August 15, 2008 17:40 to the idea "Attach Privacy Level to Location" in Brightkite:

I've noticed that when checking into a location that's marked "Always Private," like my home address, Bkite appears to send the exact location to Fire Eagle, not the inexact one that it's providing to other Bkite users. FE then displays information about my exact location, and provides it to other apps that poll FE. When I twittered about this last night:

@brightkite If I have a place set to always be private, what info does it provide to Fire Eagle? Looks like it's sending the full location.

Bkite's response was:

@thomwatson FE does not have the granularity of privacy controls available in Bkite. We share the publicly available location with FE.

Wouldn't the "publicly available location" for a location marked as always private be the inexact version? This seems to be what they say they're sending in response to my inquiry. However, my personal experience suggests the opposite, that they are sending -- at least as recently as last night -- my exact location even for a private location.

A comment on the idea "One more "zone" of privacy between "City" and "Exact"" in Brightkite:

I'd like something between city and hidden too. My "city" is pretty small, and by using that I'm giving out more info than many US neighbourhood names would. – notsheep, on August 15, 2008 12:51

A comment on the problem "Serious privacy issues on Pownce" in Pownce:

Hi Mike, Definitely some good food for thought on this - I appreciate you sharing your thoughts on how to frame this better! – Ariel Waldman, on August 13, 2008 07:59

mike replied on August 12, 2008 20:04 to the problem "Serious privacy issues on Pownce" in Pownce:

I just wanted to chime in about my experience with FOAF on Pownce. I do a regular "vanity google" via Google Alerts to see what's out there on me. One day I pulled up an XML type document with my name and birth date along with several other people's similar info. I was alarmed.

While I understood what FOAF was after a Google, initially my reaction was anger in that I didn't check box a "share my info with FOAF". I also realized this kind of takes the winds out FOAF's sails, but at least some form of better dialog with your users about how this data is published with the social web would be transparent and helpful.

When users fill out their details (private profile or not) often it's just instinct to fill in all the fields because they are eager to use the service and certainly aren't thinking about FOAF (most have no idea what it is). I think Pownce should have a checkbox whether or not to share this data and what data to put out there on FOAF.

A comment on the question "Can Twitter update my Myspace status bar?" in Twitter:

Now let's just calm down everybody... Calm... calm... whew. – BigPixture, on August 07, 2008 22:08

A comment on the question "Can Twitter update my Myspace status bar?" in Twitter:

Shawn: I stated I was asking the developer if he could implement the functionality that isn't there. You don't need to write a paragraph reinforcing what has been made clear. As well, ping.fm has been mentioned (in this thread and in other myspace twitter threads) many times and people say they just don't want to use it. – Thomas, on August 07, 2008 21:17

A comment on the question "Can Twitter update my Myspace status bar?" in Twitter:

Thomas, twittersync only syncs one way (MySpace -> Twitter) not the other way around. What everyone is looking for is a way to update their MySpace status automatically with their latest Twitter status. I've been using Ping.fm for this for a few weeks and it seems pretty stable. Had a few issues initially, but now it seems to be working fine. The only drawback is you have to update Ping.fm instead of Twitter for messages you want posted to your Myspace account AND Twitter. Still a better solution than twittersync. – Shawn, on August 07, 2008 20:09

A comment on the question "Can Twitter update my Myspace status bar?" in Twitter:

I've contacted the developer to see if the ability to go twitter to myspace is possible. – Thomas, on August 07, 2008 19:34

A comment on the question "Can Twitter update my Myspace status bar?" in Twitter:

I did try that, but it looks like it only sends updates FROM myspace TO twitter. I don't care to use myspace, and want Twitter to update myspace for me. – l0u13, on August 07, 2008 19:24

Thomas replied on August 07, 2008 19:13 to the question "Can Twitter update my Myspace status bar?" in Twitter:

Uh, twittersync does this and has since April. There's several results on apps.myspace.com for twitter, did nobody look there?

A comment on the question "Can Twitter update my Myspace status bar?" in Twitter:

I don't know what Nuri is talking about, Meetup.com provides private URL based iCal feeds that Google Calendar supports without having to exchange login data between the sites. – Thomas, on August 07, 2008 19:12

l0u13 replied on August 07, 2008 18:56 to the question "Can Twitter update my Myspace status bar?" in Twitter:

I too, would like twitter to keep my myspace status up-to-date. I never use myspace, but I keep a profile because I have friends on there who don't use facebook (or twitter).

anthonyk replied on August 05, 2008 21:19 to the question "How do I feed RSS into Ping.fm?" in Ping.fm:

Ya thanks I'll do that. Pingfeeder will most likely be one of my easier projects to make.