Dimas from Koran Tempo wrote:

Nah, awal Februari lalu telah diluncurkan Koprol.com (http://koprol.com), situs jejaring sosial-lokal yang tidak "itu-itu saja". Jejaring sosial ini menarik karena berbasis lokasi. Koprol menyediakan sejumlah pilihan tempat kita bisa check-in di lokasi tersebut.

Di lokasi yang kita pilih itu kita bisa posting status dan foto. Uniknya, di sini kita bisa melihat siapa saja anggota lain yang sedang berada di lokasi yang sama. Alhasil, jika sesama anggota ingin mengadakan pertemuan alias "kopi darat" di lokasi tersebut, tentu bisa lebih mudah.

The newspaper article also shared some insights:

Pembuatan Koprol digodok sejak setahun lalu, tapi baru dikembangkan beberapa bulan terakhir. Karena masih percobaan, Koprol diluncurkan diam-diam alias masih dirahasiakan. Namun, rahasia itu telanjur bocor hingga memiliki sekitar 300-an orang anggota. "Kami senang sekali disambut baik."

Pihaknya masih mengembangkan sejumlah fitur yang akan ditambahkan di Koprol, misalnya integrasi dengan peta, integrasi dengan Facebook (Facebook Connect), dan Blackberry App untuk para pengguna Blackberry.

Read the whole article in Koran Tempo: Yuk, Kita Koprol

Thank you, Ndoro

Update March 10, 2008: Tempo Interaktif published the same article under different headline: Koprol.com, Pesaing Twitter Asli Indonesia

This is only Koprol's first time mentioned in a newspaper, and already on the front page with a photo and the headline 'Beat It, Facebook!'?? Yikes. Now that's pressure.

Anita interviewed all four founders for a piece titled Social and Local: Network Lets Jakartans Share Their Scene:

A team of local software developers recently announced that they had developed a new social networking site similar to Plurk and Twitter that would allow Jakartans to communicate with each other and share tips about local hangouts.

Koprol.com is the brainchild of four self-confessed computer nerds who said they wanted to create a location-based microblogging service that could keep people informed about the latest events in some of Jakarta’s most popular hangouts, such as malls, restaurants and cafes.

They also got a comment from one of our beta testers:

Because it is still being tested, Koprol currently has a limited number of members. But those who are involved in the testing are already ecstatic about the site’s features and the fact that it is locally developed.

“The concept behind Koprol is good,” said Retno Nindya, a 24-year-old freelance graphic designer. “I am proud of the fact that it was developed by Indonesians.”

Read the whole article: Social and Local: Network Lets Jakartans Share Their Scene

Thank you, Janeman, for this one.