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What Am I Missing When It Comes To Foursquare?

February 18, 2010 by Robb Dunewood 14 Comments

It seems like more and more of my friends are getting hooked on Foursquare, so,  I’ve decided to give it the honest try.  I’ve got to be honest though.  I am either too anti-social or to worried about being tracked from space, because letting the world know where I am via Twitter and the internet does not sound appealing to me at all.

For those of you that don’t know, Foursquare is a location based social networking game that allows you to “check in” when you visit various establishments and is available as mobile application on the iPhone, Android, Web OS, and, of course, the BlackBerry.

Foursquare is a cross between a friend-finder, a social city-guide and a game that rewards you for doing interesting things.  We aim to build things to not only help you keep up with the places your friends go, but that encourage you to discover new places and challenge you to explore your neighborhood in new ways.

To me, that kind of sounds cool for about 8 seconds, but then I think, “Do I really want Earth to know where I am right now?”  Tell me if I am wrong, but, FourSquare basically journals where you go and even how often you go  there.  That kind of seems like wearing an electronic location ankle bracelet by choice.

Foursquare is insanely popular, so, I must be missing something.  Feel free to tell me what that is…

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  1. antisocialist says

    February 18, 2010 at 1:31 pm

    Agreed, but people are mostly sheep and need a herd and a shepherd.

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  2. SaveTheDrama says

    February 18, 2010 at 2:20 pm

    http://pleaserobme.com/ – scary….

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    • paul says

      February 18, 2010 at 2:59 pm

      I’m still not sure why this wasn’t obvious.

      Reply
  3. Luke says

    February 18, 2010 at 2:22 pm

    It’s fun. I get to vie with my boss to see which of us logs in at the client location more often. At my country club I can see new people (or people I don’t know) who have checked in – now I have something to break the ice when I see them in person. My friends know which bar I’m at… It’s a toy and currently provides me with amusement – perhaps in a few months I’ll be bored of it.

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  4. Robb Dunewood says

    February 18, 2010 at 2:24 pm

    I was just thinking that some people check in so often that you could find out what their regular schedules are if you ever wanted to stop by the house when they weren’t there.

    Looks like this site makes that a little easier for you…

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    • Ahmed Eltawil says

      February 18, 2010 at 4:32 pm

      Plus, you have to manually pick up your phone, open up the app, and type in the name of the venue you’re at and hopefully it finds it (that is if someone previously added the venue on their website) so you can check-in. It sounds more of an inconvenience…and apparently dangerous in reference to your article.

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  5. Josh says

    February 18, 2010 at 5:41 pm

    I think it’s fun if you’ve got some good friends on there with you. You can choose to just have your check-ins sent to your Foursquare friends. They don’t have to be tweeted, or sent to Facebook. In fact, I’d recommend not doing that.

    And the app doesn’t update your location unless you tell it to. So if you go to a strip club you obviously don’t have to check-in there.

    There’s no reason to be fearful of it as long as you keep the updates sent to your friends.

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  6. Frank says

    February 19, 2010 at 8:25 am

    I tried this on my Storm2 and it didn’t play too well on this device. I see the picture here is from a Storm2 also. Did they update it to include it now?

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    • Robb Dunewood says

      February 19, 2010 at 8:46 am

      You may need to turn of compatibility mode.

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      • WasQ says

        February 20, 2010 at 8:35 am

        Nop, this doesn’t works. in my storm2 the app with the compatibility mode off is a nightmare.

        Foursquare is developing a specific storm2 app. Hope they will be ready soon…

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  7. Birksmom says

    February 19, 2010 at 11:35 pm

    Whoa! maybe I’m just too old – or wiser – for such an app. I would like my younger children to have it and use it so I know where they are (for real) at all times, but as for me .. TMI. Beware users!

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  8. Ben says

    February 20, 2010 at 1:17 pm

    I passed on Facebook, I passed on Twitter, Ill pass on Foursquare as well, the sheep comment above says it all.

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    • Wesley says

      February 20, 2010 at 8:51 pm

      You passed on Twitter because people are sheep? You clearly have no idea what Twitter is about.

      Reply
  9. dkso says

    April 13, 2010 at 7:37 pm

    I never thought it would be useful until I traveled across India a month back. It helped me tremendously in discovering places to stay at, restaurants, pubs, etc, with first hand reviews for most places. It is not widespread in India but it has terrific potential when you are traveling, or want to discover new places in your neighborhood.

    Give it a go. Walk out on a Sunday and use Foursquare to discover places. Now whether you want to share your experiences with other foursquare users by checking in, adding places, adding tips… thats entirely up to you.

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