Your Very Own Plag**
– The Possibilities of Local Networks
Imagine you had your own small Plag** network, a secluded area inside the global Plag**, to spread messages locally. With geofencing, a certain space — your campus, your county, your rock festival — becomes the world: Posts that are only meant and interesting for locals bounce back from the borders and effectively spread inside the area you selected.
As the publisher of a local newspaper, you could provide your readers with teasers and direct them to your homepage. You could observe the propagation of cards to find out what your readers care about, what they think and feel, what they ask themselves. As a reader, on the other hand, you could quickly and concisely indicate which questions you want answered, spread your thoughts about community life and find out how the people around you feel about local events. You would get to know your neighbours in a different context, and maybe you’d understand each other better.
As a festival visitor, you could use the festival Plag** to find your lost car keys. Or the beautiful young man who got swept away by the crowd before you could ask for his name or phone number. You could spread last night’s epiphany throughout the festival or just tell people where to find the very best tacos.
As a student, you could rely on the campus Plag** to find a new flatmate, a tutor, or a tandem partner to study Mandarin with. You could invite people to parties, lectures, and demonstrations. Ask them for their opinion regarding campus politics, cafeteria food or Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason. Get to know that interesting girl in your Quantum Mechanics class. Flirt, reason, chat, get help with almost anything or sell your bike.
And as soon as you are subscribed to a certain area, you could access this space from anywhere. You could visit your parents and still know what’s going on on campus. Be carried off from a concert by paramedics and check what’s happening to the tent you left behind on the festival. You could go on holiday and still follow the news and opinions around the elections for mayor of your town.
Depending on what would make sense in a certain context, this local Plag** could be equipped with channels to ensure that your content is distributed effectively. At the same time, random cards would keep you informed about the things you might need to know but didn’t think of searching for. And if you want to escape your local surroundings for a while, you can switch back to the international Plag** network anytime.
We start to roll out this functionality with a number of selected partners. If you would like us to set up geofencing for your area or event and can help us to reach a local audience, we will be happy to talk. Just send an email to 13th@plag.com.
