Hi,

As one of the two folks responsible for building dodgeball I just wanted to clarify that our location-tracking is purely on an opt-in basis – there is no big brother going here. Also, we provide users with the option to “manage their friends” – i.e. determine who is notified with your location when you check in and who isn’t, and that information is for your eyes only. You can accept someone as a friend and then choose not to broadcast to them and they don;t have to have their feelings hurt.

Our hope as application developers is that we provide enough value to people that they will want to opt-in with their locations – serendipitous meetings with friends and friends-of-friends as well as some more stuff in the pipeline.

Thanks for the thoughts on the project and we hope you continue to use and enjoy it!

.alex