Dispatching News Based on Exact Location Using Dispatch (D) App: An Alternative to X (Twitter)
Tinashe Crispen Garidzira, William Tichaona Vambe · 2024
The social media revolution has made it simple to get and access information in seconds as it happens. X (Twitter) among other social media platforms has led this revolution due to its advantages of algorithms that sort feeds of interest and users can choose chronological feeds which makes it a “continuous, breaking news” platform. Although X has these algorithms that feed users with “tweets of interest”, use #hashtags, and retweets for news to trend, its inability to filter news based on location results in people in an exact/specific town/village/local communities or those who have interest in a certain location do not get specific news about that area. As such, a Dispatch Application was developed to address this predicament. Design Science Methodology which allows the designing of computerised (technological) solutions to address societal problems was adopted. Results show that Dispatch filters news based on location can provide society with the news they want.