That just tells me that you've missed my point about missing Loopt's early days on the list. If you've been an active member of the HN community (judging by how long you've been on HN - probably a throwaway account for downvoting?) or know about Loopt's early days, they did exactly what this app is trying to solve, which was to solve the problem of "Where you at?".
Yes, I agree Loopt and the sort are more social/community oriented these days. But, back in the day before Foursquare, Gowalla and even the iPhone (and Android) were alive, Loopt did this first and did it rather gosh darn well.
That aside, the app is pretty neat. It'd be nice to have an embeddable version in the future so let's say you arrive at a restaurant or whatever, and your location could be broadcasted or narrowcasted to the rest of the group. I could see this working with maybe a facebook group or whatever.
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That just tells me that you've missed my point about missing Loopt's early days on the list. If you've been an active member of the HN community (judging by how long you've been on HN - probably a throwaway account for downvoting?) or know about Loopt's early days, they did exactly what this app is trying to solve, which was to solve the problem of "Where you at?".
Yes, I agree Loopt and the sort are more social/community oriented these days. But, back in the day before Foursquare, Gowalla and even the iPhone (and Android) were alive, Loopt did this first and did it rather gosh darn well.
That aside, the app is pretty neat. It'd be nice to have an embeddable version in the future so let's say you arrive at a restaurant or whatever, and your location could be broadcasted or narrowcasted to the rest of the group. I could see this working with maybe a facebook group or whatever.