Dopplr needs to get a clue and enable public profiles
The promise of Dopplr.com is fantastic – effortlessly share your travel schedule with others in order to serendipitously connect with them in person. Unfortunately, the current experience blows. Someone has to search the site for me in order to see my schedule (i.e. the Facebook model).
I would happily promote my Dopplr schedule on my various online profiles (this blog, LinkedIn and Facebook), but there does not seem to be a mechanism for doing so.
As a result, Dopplr seems more like a data harvesting tool than a way for me to inform people of my future whereabouts.
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Comments
Comment from bpm140
Time: February 4, 2008, 11:11 am
Via a follow-up email to Dopplr, we’re kicking off a conversation about why this is. For them, it’s a privacy issue. For me, it’s a “If you want my information, let me share it how I want to” thing.
Comment from Dopplr Team
Time: February 4, 2008, 12:32 am
Eric,
the Dopplr facebook app is at:
http://apps.facebook.com/dopplr_wherenext/
and you can add a Dopplr blog badge at:
http://www.dopplr.com/account/blogbadge
On the Dopplr site only those people to whom YOU show your trips can see them.