What is Facebook Places?
Facebook Places is a location-based social feature that Facebook launched in 2010. It allows Facebook users to check-in at restaurants, bars, stores, parks, and other public places to share their location and connect with friends. When a user checks in at a place, it appears in the news feeds of their Facebook friends.
Some key features of Facebook Places include:
- Ability to check-in at nearby places and share location
- Tag friends who are with you to check them in too
- See news feed updates when your friends check in nearby
- Earn badges and points for frequent check-ins at places
- Leave comments, photos and tips for places you check in
- Use privacy settings to control who sees your check-ins
- Discover recommendations for new places based on your friends and location
Facebook Places integrates the location aspect into the social network, allowing people to connect based on where they are physically located. Businesses can create Facebook Pages for their locations and encourage customers to check-in there. It is used to power location features throughout Facebook and Instagram as well.
Google My Business, Glympse, Nearlist, WherBouts, Friendz, Sygic Travel Places Database, Minutes Away Social, Wherezat, Bank Branch Locator, OpenCirclez, Tracki GPS, Gowalla are some alternatives to Facebook Places.