you can opt out. when one of your reasons includes:
"Yes, Twitter is making the Geolocation service opt-in, but if you try it out and forget to turn it off (which is likely to be all-too easy to do)"
I'm going to find most every other thing rather ummm... asinine. Esp this one:
"2. Celebrity slip-ups
Then there are celebrities – you might not care about them much but the fact some use Twitter brings a certain amount of kudos and glamour to the platform. Imagine if your favourite celebrities start accidentally giving away the location of their homes. Their privacy will be invaded by hoards of obsessives and before you know it the celebrities have jumped ship."
Those celebrities (at least the ones who bring the "kudos" and "glamour" for the mainstream) who chose to turn on this feature already want to be found. "I'm eating at this exclusive restuarant", "I'm over at <someone even more famous>'s party", etc.
It's not as if the hoards of obsessive fans wouldn't already know the location. And how do you think the paparazzi know where to camp out? The information is already out there. Just go drive down any street in Hollywood and see star maps being sold on the corner.
Weird. When celebrities slipped up and let their private cellphone numbers get released on the internet, the cellphone industry didn't suffer from a massive backlash.
you can opt out. when one of your reasons includes:
"Yes, Twitter is making the Geolocation service opt-in, but if you try it out and forget to turn it off (which is likely to be all-too easy to do)"
I'm going to find most every other thing rather ummm... asinine. Esp this one:
"2. Celebrity slip-ups
Then there are celebrities – you might not care about them much but the fact some use Twitter brings a certain amount of kudos and glamour to the platform. Imagine if your favourite celebrities start accidentally giving away the location of their homes. Their privacy will be invaded by hoards of obsessives and before you know it the celebrities have jumped ship."