Friday, March 12, 2010

Facebook To Add Location Info To Updates

In the list of complaint users have against the popular social-networking site Facebook, limits on the ability to share personal information is likely not at the top.

Most issues seem to revolve around the compulsion to share anything and everything personal through such sites. That said, one can hardly blame Facebook for wanting to jump on the success of location-based services such as Foursquare.

According to The New York Times, Facebook is getting ready to add location-based information to status updates. This information comes from a number of anonymous sources who were reportedly briefed on the matter. The feature will reportedly debut late next month at Facebook's annual developer conference.

According to The Times, the existence of the feature is reflected in Facebook's new privacy policy, which reads, in part, "When you share your location with others or add a location to something you post, we treat that like any other content you post."

We reached out to Facebook on the matter and received the following response: "We are constantly experimenting with new ideas and products internally. We don't have anything more to share at this time."