I'll admit it, I don't really get the Twitter.
I say this in the crotchety, get-off-my-lawn voice of an old-school computer nerd who used to rock the 300 baud modem back in the 90's. As someone who took to the internet very early, it's a little weird to watch the masses fall in love with every new technology that comes along. For me, Twitter is no exception.
I will admit, though, I've come to respect a few applications that Twitter does well: Taco trucks,
All the localized stolen bike Twitter feeds popping up lately are awesome. Twitter is a great free way to alert lots of people about your stolen bike, for free, and very fast.
Here's a quick overview of all the local stolen bike Twitter accounts I'm aware of:
The Boston/HUB Twitter is a byproduct of the Boston, MA putting some real thought and manpower into making their city more bike-friendly. I'm amazed and happy that they have someone on staff to run this, and dozens of other cities should be jealous.
Boston, MA : http://twitter.com/Stolenbikesbos has 329 followers.
The Portland stolen bikes Twitter is a byproduct of the code I wrote for bikeportland.org, run by Jonathan Maus, czar of all things bike-y in the great town of Portland, OR.
Portland, OR: http://twitter.com/Stolenbikespdx has 191 followers.
The Austin Stolen bikes Twitter is courtesy of the ever-awesome ATXBS.com, who take their anti-bike theft duties very seriously.
Austin, TX: http://twitter.com/atxstolenbikes has 50 followers.
And StolenbikesLA? I have no idea who runs this, but good on them. StolenbikesLA, if you're reading this, drop me a line.
Los Angeles, CA : http://twitter.com/stolenbikesla has 154 followers.
Did I miss any other stolen bikes Twitter folks? Please let me know.
As for stolenbicycleregistry.com, I'll be tying the SBR's per-city stolen bike feeds into Twitter once I get a few spare hours to sit down and bang out the code. Because I really, really like where all these hyper-local registries are going.
-bhance
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