On this basis: A photo-sharing service can patent "announcing a picture upload on a social website". A location service can patent "announcing a check-in on a

On this basis: A photo-sharing service can patent "announcing a picture upload on a social website". A location service can patent "announcing a check-in on a social website" A restaurant review service can patent "announcing a restaurant rating on a social website" It might actually help more such "ridiculous" patents being granted. Eventually, the non-tech crowd will be affected and the whole system will be brought into question.