"Mark had created a website called ThreeWords.Me which went very viral and he had posted to Hacker News asking for advice about how to keep his server up."
I remember seeing that, anyone have a link to that Ask HN? Google isn't really helping me.
I like the idea, but you should be able to remove people from the map. There's always that funny guy in your friend list who fills in Timbuktu as the place they're living in.
Can I make another suggestion, too, then (and also related to 'removing people')? I live halfway around the world from where I grew up, so most of my friends are either "back there" (childhood friends) or "over here" (friends I've made in the last few years).
I'd love some way of just seeing friends that I grew up with that are now living relatively close to me, if that makes sense. As in, is there anyone nearby now that I grew up with? I don't know if it's possible, but seeing that on a map would be really cool and helpful, actually...
I think the last one was the "what writer are you" thing, which was also a HNer.
The plural of anecdote is data, so my new assumption is that every viral app I see on FB is a HN project!