Introducing Dopplr – Travel Social Networking
By Darren Cronian on Wednesday, August 8th, 2007

Sorry, but really what has all the buzz being about Dopplr. I read about this social networking site on The Guardian website and received an invite [Thanks Vero!] so thought I would register to see what all the fuss was about.

Introducing Dopplr – Travel Social Networking

Erm boring! There’s nothing unique about Dopplr, that’s not already being covered on other social networking sites – okay I can see where my friends are looking to go on their travels, but I can do that on Facebook, with the tons of application add-ons from the likes of SideStep, Trip Advisor etc.

The site is bland, the Google maps are small and I am sat here thinking that maybe I am missing something because for a site that’s had a lot of buzz about it, it’s not getting me excited. If you want an invite I have six invites left.


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14 responses to “Introducing Dopplr – Travel Social Networking”

Garri | 8 August, 2007 at 1:48 pm

Cheers Darren but I’ll pass on the invites, thanks anyway ;-)

I think you nailed it perfectly in your assessment but let’s give them some credit, at least they didn’t called their site: Trip[insert word here].com ;-)

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Krista | 8 August, 2007 at 8:08 pm

Would like to check it out. Do you have any invites left?

thanks!

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Darren Cronian | 8 August, 2007 at 8:18 pm

Hi Krista, invite sent :)

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Rob | 9 August, 2007 at 8:07 pm

Thanks for the invite Darren and yes mmm not impressed neither.

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Darren Cronian | 10 August, 2007 at 1:08 am

Garri & Rob, glad I am not the only one.

Krista what did you think of Dopplr?

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Garri | 10 August, 2007 at 1:08 pm

Darren, The Guardian article says the founders are ex-BBC (like that’s a good thing, the corporation is a shambles right now)

I used to go to school with a Mark Richardson, doubt it’s the same bloke, but you never know ;-)

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Darren Cronian | 10 August, 2007 at 2:31 pm

Thanks Garri – never thought to look at the article! 8)

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Krista | 10 August, 2007 at 4:33 pm

A bit of a yawn thus far. It just doesn’t really seem like you can do much other than share your trips (in a very limited fashion). Maybe it will get more exciting as the site ramps up…?

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Darren Cronian | 12 August, 2007 at 5:31 am

Krista, I hope so.

I really can’t see many people using this site as it stands.

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rhümer maanger | 13 August, 2007 at 4:24 am

dopplr is without a doubt the worst travelers web site in the universe! they don’t have a map! say albion, MI and they think you mean albion, PA. say arlington, VA and they think you mean arlington, TX. (who goes to arlington, TX?!?)

i have been waiting for months for dopplr to learn a little geography, but at this point, i am have had enough. i am fed up

dopplr an utterly useless web site.

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Darren Cronian | 13 August, 2007 at 8:34 am

Rhumer, I disagree about it being the worst travellers site, I have seen much worse. Is the mapping problem with Google Maps rather than the Dopplr website though?

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Rob | 14 August, 2007 at 12:19 am

The Google maping could be used better IMO.

I don’t think it’s an utterly useless site but it’s not got a great deal going for it as it stands.

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Dan Gillmor | 14 August, 2007 at 4:16 pm

Darren (and others who see, ahem, room for improvement at Dopplr) —

Thanks for your comments, which are quite helpful for our team. We’re working hard to fix the early flaws and to add features, and hope you’ll keep in mind that we’re in beta mode. I hope in the near future to get back to you with more specific good news about such things…

Dan (from Dopplr)

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Darren Cronian | 14 August, 2007 at 5:02 pm

Thank you for dropping by Dan.

I look forward to seeing the new features.

Please do keep us posted with developments

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