Avoid Humans: Your temporary respite from the masses
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I think this is more like "Avoid Foursquare and Instagram users", which may have some value to it anyway.
I finally found the only spot where I could be for 30 minutes at a time, in total isolation. The New York Marble Cemetery on 2nd Avenue, in the East Village. It's a small patch of land, hidden down a narrow alleyway, behind a gate, open to the public just one day a month. It looks like nothing but a lawn surrounded by stone walls, because there are no headstones. It became my favorite day of the month, that one Sunday when I could go sit on a lawn in silence and solitude.
No people visible, but people in some of the factories and the very occasional jogger on the towpaths so not total isolation.
Is their data purely comprised of people who use this app? No wonder everything is green everywhere...
I think they should just rebrand their site to match the content.
Plenty of places in the world you can get in a car, drive out somewhere, and be completely alone.
Among the results I get I see Lincoln Center Plaza, which has tourists, Juilliard students, musicians and people that see those musicians. I also see Columbus Circle, which has one of the busiest subway stations and a mall.
I'll give some of the other places a try. This is a great idea for an app.
I think that makes it clear that this is listing places that people have previously mentioned on social media.
And when I click on any of those not-quite-real places, the map is in a seemingly random place. Tennessee, across the Potomac from me, or the west coast.
渋谷 ハチ公前広場 Plaza 0.32 Miles 道玄坂2-1
That's one of the most crowed places in the world. Fail
If you really want to avoid the masses using this app try accessing it via a VPN. App responds with 'could not find location' meaning you are now invisible which obviates the need for privacy.
Use case: finding a popular bar in a new town.