Learning the ins and outs of HootSuite these last couple months has been really interesting, and kinda mind blowing. Signing up for the basic version of HootSuite a couple weeks before becoming a part of the family, I began experimenting with the different features of the product. Understanding the basic elements of the dashboard, I fiddled my way through the easier functions, exploring my new home. Walking into this new internship Monday morning I realizing I was only scratching the surface. Embedding streams? Pending tweets? DMing?
A really interesting, (and kinda creepy) feature of the tool is Geo-tagging. Sure, searching for your desired word is easy enough when typing in a place name/geographic location to your search title, but how accurate is it really? With automated spammers and common place names (London Ontario vs London England,Vancouver Washington vs Vancouver BC etc..) search streams often bring up inaccurate results. Searching for events or happenings on Saltspring Island this recent weekend further complicated my quest. With commonly used aliases such as SSI, saltspring, Salt springs, salty, gulf islands, Hippilandia, the rock, etc, I remembered the geo-tag tool. Altering the radius I could include the gulf islands or keep it as local as Ganges. Lucky for me, miss 604 graced us with her presence this weekend and broadcasted the latest news hourly. This got my mind going with all the different uses you could apply this to. Looking for the best place to eat in a foreign city? Looking for similarly interested people in your area? Ridesharing? Looking for last minute Sasquatch tickets in your area? Whats going on outside of your hermit abode? Man, endless possibilities.
The more I find out the less I know?
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