MaYoMo (Map Your Moments, www.mayomo.com) is a new Web 2.0 service that simply offers users the chance to ask “what’s happening, where and when” with the idea of empowering user generated content to lead the news agenda. It aims to deliver a “socially-connected, real-time platform for global news reporting — and conversation about that news.”
Beyond the usual web video fare of YouTube type clips of a French youth doing a flip over a railway line, and some nice photos of the Maldives, the site does veer more into news and offers a clear personal perspective. The protests against a trade agreement between Armenia and Turkey take news down to a local level, while users are encouraged to request news from specific places or on particular topics.
MaYoMo aims to offer breaking news on demand from citizen journalists around the world
Hristo Alexiev, CEO and cofounder of MaYoMo, was quoted in a press release saying:
A key difference with our model is that we attract content from both young, aspiring journalists, as well as experienced independent journalists and bloggers.
The site claims that from “Alpha” and “Beta” launches over the last year it has gained users in 120 countries that have posted 57,000 news articles.
But it’s still early days. Despite @MaYoMo pouring out over 3,000 tweets since July, it still only has 340 followers, while on Facebook it counts just 146 fans.
