The simple fact of the matter is that women who want to participate in social media, especially geolocation, have no choice but to put themselves at higher risk of an adverse social outcome then their male counterparts, if they are to participate equally. It’s a simple gender inequity.

Rather than suggest that Michelle is doing it wrong, is some bizarre isolated case, or should simply get out of the proverbial kitchen if she can’t stand the heat, why shouldn’t we all be advocating for better privacy controls from all of our social media providers and better safety education for social media users?

I am a little amazed that there seems to be a restraint order against this guy but you still feel the need to 4sq or gowalla. Thus makes no sense to me.

Definitely (women especially) need to be pro-active. I have only cited a location on Twitter once or twice. My safety is most important – and if you decide you need to tweet your location, and you know you have a stalker, not sure what to tell you. Personally, I would stop – or as R Scoble said, ask your pals to unfriend him. But mostly, I would stop. Pro-active!