I took great pride in checking in with the location service, enjoying recording places I go and ones to remember. I liked being able to see where my friends were at any given moment. But, the failure soon began to materialize. There is no quality control in making, duplicating and creating locations. This is derived…
Tag Archive: FourSquare
Location services: Do you check-in when arriving or check-out when leaving?
An interesting point was made in passing by someone while on their Blackberry this weekend playing with the Foursquare beta. The person was checking in each time as everyone left the location. Instead of the way in. This prompted me to think about the reason for using the service at all and why even make…
Foursquare location tagging and creation ideas
I know this has been a focus of mine in some recent postings, but I like to exhaust looking at a site and using it as you would, everyday. Then giving my feedback, opinions and summaries. Foursquare has a place in the market with a future, that I am sure. When it will catch on…
Foursquare badges – worth the effort?
I posted how Foursquare and restaurants/clubs/whatever can work together to drive traffic by offering incentives. As I recently started getting emails from Foursquare about unlocking and earning new badges, I wondered what use they were and who saw them. Actually no one sees them unless I visit your profile page on FourSquare. Here is what…
