One step closer to automagic: twitter based implicit checkins

At Twitter’s Chirp conference today, the company announced an interesting move. Currently, you can attach a location to your tweets, and not just co-ordinates either; you can boast your neighbourhood and city.

The logical extension, which Twitter will roll out this quarter, is attaching places to tweets. Hmm, sounds somewhat familiar…

Thing is, this leads to an interesting gap. Instead of check-in fatigue, this could reduce the need to check in at venues; send a tweet, and it gets you automatically checked in at that venue, maybe even posting your tweet as a tip for that place.

One issue is the back-channel that occurs when you check in using a service like Foursquare. It’s good to get points and badges and shiny things; if check-ins are automatic, you don’t get any of that.

Still, it’s a nice concept for someone to implement, one day. Someone who isn’t me.