Twitter has begun rolling out location-based trending topics.
The product is officially called Local Trends. In a statement to us, Twitter said the following:
"We're rolling out local trends to 1 percent of users today, but we'll share more information when it reaches a larger audience hopefully sometime next week. We'll keep you posted when that happens."
The pictures below, courtesy of @lisabarone, show the new feature in all of its glory. Scroll past them for more information on the new Twitter feature.
Screenshots: Local Trends
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Currently, only a few users have access to the feature (I don't have it yet), but it should be rolling out to everybody soon.
Here's what we can tell you:
- Local Trends allows you to set a specific location, so that you can see the trends around you. Most of the time, this would be your home. However, it looks like you can change it on-the-fly if you're traveling, for example.
- Clicking on Local Trends gives you a list of different cities and countries in which you can view trends. It's a limited list so far -- only 15 U.S. cities are supported.
- You can access these trending topics from Twitter.com, on the right-hand column.
- A full rollout should occur sometime next week, if testing goes smoothly.