YPABU: Your Parents Are Behind You! Facebook to add location status

According to a tip, Facebook will unveil new location services in late April at f8, the companies developer conference. Based on other tips, there is expected to be two branches of location: one Facebook will use to allow users to share location with friends and the other branch would be an API for developers to add in farming games based on location. OK, I am kidding about the farming but it might actually be real. I expect games based on location plus the possible birth to a service similar to foursquare.

According to the company’s privacy policy, Facebook will be launching location in a manner that won’t cause the kind of uproar we see with most Facebook additions. The policy reads, “If we offer a service that supports this type of location sharing we will present you with an opt-in choice of whether you want to participate.” Facebook goes on to state it will tread location like any other piece of content you share.

Location status would be fantastic for meeting up with friends, showing off your travels or tipping you off when your parents (who are on Facebook, right?) are in close proximity while your chillaxin’ at the mall. That’s what kids do these days.

As more and more of us carry devices capable of reporting location, services that share and utilize this data for good, not evil, will fuel new opportunities. Facebook looks ready to cash in on it with their strong user base and hungry developers chasing them.

Read: [NY Times]