Tweeting your postal/zip code to connect with neighbors?
Posted on April 9th, 2009 by Craig Newmark
Hey, Steven Clift, who leads E-Democracy.Org, is "democracy" on Twitter and runs a network of online groups at Democracies Online. He has a good, simple idea where Twitter users might connect better with neighbors. Me, I'm twitter.com/craignewmark, tagging #94117
I wonder what might happen if people simply said hello to their neighbors by tweeting their postal/zip code on the same day? Let's find out. In the U.S., we need about a million people to average 30 people per Zip Code. To spread the word now, Tweet (or e-mail some
friends):
friends):
On May 1 join me on #LocalDay and tweet your neighbors using your
Postal/Zip Code – http://e-democracy.org/tweetlocal
To watch the pledges come in: http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23LocalDay
Great idea. I already set this up to be delivered on May 1st using Tweetlater. TwitterLocal is also a pretty cool app that shows local tweets based on zip codes…
Thanks!
-Marcus
Craig – every day is local day at http://localtweeps.com, the user-created LOCAL Twitter directory. There are already 32 people listed in 94117. http://localtweeps.com/search/?search=94117 Check it out and help localize the Twittersphere by listing yourself! Thanks.