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SAN FRANCISCO: A recently launched Snapcrap application aims to transform smartphone users in San Francisco into dummy impersonators.
The free mobile app invites internet users to share public pile pictures of poop marked with a location with the city cleaning crews.
The application plays its role with a stylized logo on a yellow background in what appears to be a parody of picture and video sharing social network Snapchat.
Snapcrap uses the GPS features of smartphones to locate piles of dung on images, and then allows users to send information as alerts to city departments.
In an interview with local media, Snapcrap's creator, Sean Miller, said he was distressed by the amount of dog and human waste he had to avoid on the streets after moving to San Francisco.
Miller said the application was designed to simplify the reporting of poop observations, thus avoiding the hassle associated with using the official San Francisco system.
Although the launch of Snapcrap this month has inspired mischievous humor, it has brought to light a serious concern about homelessness in San Francisco and throughout Silicon Valley, where housing prices have exploded in a booming economy.
Famous for hosting tech companies, San Francisco also has the reputation of living in its streets and relieving itself in the streets or alleys.
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, a public works line in the city receives daily dozens of calls from residents signaling the cleansing of shit.
The problem became so serious that at the beginning of the year, the city launched a poop patrol: a small team of workers mainly dedicated to walking through a "Tenderloin" neighborhood known for its homeless population to find and eliminate waste. – AFP
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