Filed under: Social Software, web 2.0, Microblogging
Twitter has just started rolling out location-based trending topics, but for now only to about 1% of their users. The new feature will be called Local Trends, and will use your location information to present trending topics that are happening near you.
Twitter is remaining fairly tight-lipped on the new functionality for now, preferring to wait until it rolls out to a wider audience before discussing it, but Lisa Barone has included some screenshots in her post at Outspoken Media that allow us to get the gist of what it's all about.
As a Canadian living near Vancouver, I'm a little dismayed to note that though major cities are supported by the new feature, they are mostly US cities with London and Sao Paulo adding some international flavor. It's pretty safe to assume that this will expand over time. Let's just hope it doesn't take Local Trends as long to roll out as Lists took.
[via Mashable]
Twitter launching location-based Trending Topics originally appeared on Download Squad on Sat, 23 Jan 2010 12:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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