Placeshout - http://www.placeshout.com - Twitter meets Yelp with a dash of Digg

Placeshout is a simple application for taking short (100 character) notes on locations. You look up a place and add it to the map with a brief annotation; you can vote up/down other people's notes a la Digg and the results are ranked for display.

The ultra-short reviews are reminiscent of Twitter and get away from the prolix spew of Yelpers who go on for page after page about their favorite or unfavorite burrito when a simple "michimex" designation would do.

The Ann Arbor nova mob descended with its characteristic nova fury, and at the moment Ann Arbor is the #1 mapped city, three Michigan cities are in the top 5 and four Washtenaw County residents are in the top 10 users. The voting system exposed deep-seated bifurcations in the perspective on the Old Town ("the world's saddest michimex burrito" vs. "neighborhood bar with live music") and universal admiration for Frank's ("Like the Acropolis, Frank's is the fortified high point of Ann Arbor.")

More from Brian Kerr: Placeshout: a brand new colony

Late last week, Catherine twitterinvited folks to bulk up Ann Arbor on Placeshout. Three days later, Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti are the first and third most “shouted” cities, with San Francisco coming in second. This reminds me of the early, happy days of upcoming.org, when Ann Arbor was one of the locations with the most user and event churn.

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Comments

[Brian]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/briankerr/1425403647/

[Derek Haynes]

Ed,

Congrats on the Ann Arbor Placeshout takeover.

However, the web site is probably going to crash - it is not possible for San Francisco NOT to be the #1 city in a local reviews site.

Glad you are enjoying it (really liked the Blimpy Burger one),

Derek of Placeshout

[Derek Mehraban]

Wow, hello Derek of Placeshout, glad to meet you. And it's Derek spelled correctly too.

And congrats to the A2 nova mob for shouting about so many places. What fun! Will have to post some too.