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It's
really the reason we came up with the Zipper originally
before realizing all the cool stuff you could do with a
local news and local gossip app. Getting a pulse on
local traffic from the eyes (and apps) everywhere around
you. When I'm sitting in traffic's that's completely
stalled and I'm late for school or work, I don't really
care to hear what the reason was sometime tonight on
news (if it even makes it that far unless a clown
pursuit was involved). I want to know info right now!
The only way to get that kind of information is with the
Zipper local news and local gossip app and there's one
Channel that's dialed into this info by design. Let's
take a look at the Traffic Channel on the Zipper local
news smart phone app.
The
Traffic Channel is easy to find. Once you have
downloaded the free Zipper app and set up your account,
you can quickly get to the Traffic Channel if that's
what you need. You simply click on the Channel's button
to bring up the flywheel of available channels to choose
from. The Channels are filters that are applied to the
total amount of local news and local gossip information
so that you can more easily find what is needed. The
Traffic channel is one of the default channels available
"right out of the box" so you will be able to select it
right away. Once you select the Traffic channel, the
main Zipper window will come back but this time, only
messages tagged with Traffic filter will appear. How do
these Zips get this particular designation? Good
question.
When
you create your zips to put valuable local news and
local gossip information up on the Zipper, you have the
opportunity to select a filter or channel if you like.
The default is set to "All" unless you switch it. It
makes sense to narrow the focus to a particular Channel
if your message definitely fits that Channel. This will
give it more prominence when a reader filters for what
you have info about. For example, if you just saw an 18
wheeler run into the side of a Dairy Queen (tried to
pick something that's probably never happened), then
where would you put it? On one hand, it's a traffic Zip
for sure since it involved the 18 wheeler truck but if
you think about it, no one's going to be late as a
result of this accident except for maybe the people in
the drive through for their belt buster combo. Decision
decisions. You could place it in both if you like and
let the readers decide which is a better spot for it by
voting with their "Thumbs" and rezips. This is a good
way to handle local news stories that straddle two
different worlds and Channels. Let the system sort it
out for you.
The
Traffic channel can be very powerful. Most of us drive
cards, motorcycles, or tractors (I don't know, thought
we should throw that in) and there's nothing more
frustrating than being in traffic and having no idea how
far away the situation is, if there is a situation at
all, and how long you're going to be there. Should you
wait or turn around? It's the not knowing that kills
you. Bring in the Zipper! Go on there and see if
anyone's closer to the cause of the issue. Look there.
A Zip about a broken water main. They shut down all
lanes at University Ave and 4th. Someone even uploaded
a picture of it. Other people are commenting. One
person's even there to fix it. 30 minutes? Ouch. Side
street or go home looks like the best setup. Others
start to do the same as they get info from the Zipper.
That's the power of local news and local traffic in real
time at your fingertips. Welcome to the Zipper.
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