For a little while now I’ve been using a really simple service that picks up on a hashtag in tweets and when possible connects travellers who happen to be in the same airprort.
To use the service just tweet your flight number, the airport you are in and the hashtag #boarding in a single tweet. The service does the rest, including adding you to a map of the world that it maintins.
Last night when I was leaving Singapore I thought I would give it a try, the tweet read…
The service quickly replies with a confirmation.
Moments later I see an RT from a bot that appears to have recently started consolidating anything that is said by anybody from Microsoft.
… and then some good news, there is somebody else in Changi on Twitter using the same service.
grrrrrrrrrrrr.
Thank you for using (and enjoying) Boarding! I’ll check how to avoid the noise from the retweet.
Thanks Damien, I love the service and will see who else I can recruit for you!
The noise comes from a bot that we run somewhere I think.