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by pjsullivan3 5020 days ago
No I use the term "current location" as Facebook labels it. You are correct in saying that other platforms call this differently but they are all asking the same general question. "Where do you normally live now". I think you are incorrect in the sense that this shouldn't be a supported part of the API. If your platform is based on Geo (Like Foursquare) then you can of course utilize additional checkins to help solidify the concept of a users "current location" but I still think its really important to index properly. These design decisions that you talk about were implemented before they were supporting geo tags in the API. I think its an easy design change to support this methodology. The platform, the users, and the developers would all gain.