New App For Searching Social Media
Banjo, The Social Media Searcher
So the holidays are over and we’re all now sitting back at
our desks. If, like me, you’re spending a considerable amount of time worrying
over what you got up to at New Years and if your face is now scrawled across
social media in different forms of embarrassment you’ll be able to find out
thanks to this new app.
The app ‘Banjo’ uses geotagging
to track and note where different social media posts are made. So, for example,
if on New Year’s Eve you remember being in a certain area (the search areas can
be broad, so don’t worry if you’re still a bit hazy) all you have to do is
punch the area into the app and it’ll search all the social media posts that
were made in that area.
Now that’s pretty useful even if aren't trying to cover your
shamefully drunken tracks.
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All you need to do is download Banjo, log in with your
Facebook or Twitter account and then you’re good to go. You’ll be able to
search for any trending events and where they've been posted and you’ll also
be able to search for all social media posts coming from a certain area as
well.
Trending events will just show you what areas certain things
are trending in whereas searching via area will show you what people are posting
about and where they are posting it. The map will even pop up with links you
can follow to the posts themselves.
I’m not sure when all this social media search craze becomes
a bit too creepy, but I think for now this new app isn't too bad. Banjo’s
engine could also prove invaluable for marketing companies to help pinpoint key
times and locations to push certain products and campaigns.
As well as Facebook and Twitter, Banjo also supports all the
other social heavyweights such as Instagram, LinkedIn, Google Plus and
Foursquare.
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Banjo describes itself as: ‘…the world’s largest collection
of social signals organized by time, location and content. We index and curate
breaking news and events faster than any organization on the planet so that you
have an all-access pass to anything, anywhere. Browse music, sports, breaking
news, and more to explore real-time posts from the people who are there, seeing
it live. Picture the internet as a live feed; that’s Banjo.’
Also, if you’re having the normal worries of your privacy
and what this new invasive app means to personal freedoms Banjo assures us that
they've taken that into consideration.
‘Banjo understands that no matter how cool our app is, we
can’t talk location without talking privacy. So, we have vowed from day one to
make user privacy our #1 priority. Banjo promises to never share your location
without your express consent (e.g. geotagging your social posts). If you have
any feedback, don’t hesitate to reach out.’
Let’s hope that they can hold true with this.
Either way, this app isn't a bad little idea and I think
that it has a lot of potential if they can refine the functions of it
just a tad. As it stands now, it does feel a bit clunky and slow even on the
newer smartphones.
But hey, it’s still in beta so there’s plenty of time for it
to improve.
Tom has just graduated from University of East London in Creative and Professional Writing. He loves writing and is currently interning as a content writer hoping to go further. His other loves include Arnold Schwarzenegger films and his dog. Follow him @TomAtSMF
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New App For Searching Social Media
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Monday, January 05, 2015
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