Why Are You Not On Foursquare!

Apr
2010
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[ad#right]If you haven’t heard of foursquare by now you should have! Foursquare is a location-based social networking site. I have actually been using location-based social networking sites for a while now. I first started with Brightkite, which was a service where I could check in places and share my location with people. Foursquare is much the same thing except they have added a sort of game aspect to it by giving you points for checking in places and awarding badges for doing certain things.

This game aspect is very fun and foursquare even provides weekly leader boards of the people with the most points in each city. Also if you have the most check in’s at a location you become the “Mayor” of that location. So every time someone goes to check in they will see your picture and be notified that you are the mayor. Badges also make the service very fun, think of them like achievements that you would get on Xbox. For example you get the Explorer Badge for checking into 25 different venues and the Bender Badge for checking in 4 nights in a row.

So how do you start using foursquare? Instead of me explaining it to you there is a great video showing you everything below.

I really enjoy foursquare and my friends and I always compete to see who can get the most points each week! It is also a great service to see where your friends are at, some nights I’m sitting here and see a lot of my friends checking in a certain place and I end up going there. If you haven’t checked out foursquare then you should! Also be sure to add me!

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  • http://btr.michaelkwan.com Michael Kwan

    I think that Foursquare is a little too stalker-ish for my tastes, which is the same reason I don’t use Google Latitude either.
    .-= Michael Kwan´s last blog ..Weekend Movie Reviews: Kick-Ass, Precious, Philadelphia, and Charlotte’s Web =-.

  • http://www.komododragonfacts.com Komodo Dragon

    Hadn’t heard of it, and after doing a quick search, no one in my town has any entries on it, lol ooops!

  • http://www.valtorc.com Valtorc

    Yeah, I’m with Michael up there, there are times I leave the house so people cannot find or reach me, not make it easier for them ;)
    .-= Valtorc´s last blog ..Valves, Acutators & Automation Packages =-.

  • http://www.tyleringram.com Tyler

    I haven’t bothered using Foursquare either. Especially when 5 other people around you log in at the sametime. Perhaps if they offered more discounts for retailers when you checked in to a location, that I could use at the till, then perhaps I would look at it. Perhaps save me the tax upon purchases? But for now.. I’m not playing ;)

  • http://www.babyenglandkits.co.uk/ Baby England Kit

    I agree. My roommate was sitting on our couch, using his phone for the location we set up at our address. It told him he was too far away to get points, and told him he was up the next street over.

  • http://www.valtorc.com Valtorc

    @Tyler,

    Have you seen that article that actually says using these social networking sites to share your location opens you up to be a victim or crime and/or robbery?
    .-= Valtorc´s last blog ..Valves, Acutators & Automation Packages =-.

  • Scott

    It’s true, checking into foursquare can seem a bit stalkerish especially when posting your location to your facebook/twitter. The other problem is that you rarely receive any free giveaways using foursquare, even from the places that you check into most!

    I’ve started to use buzzd because they offer so much more value to my check-ins. buzzd is like a real-time social city guide that lets you know all of the awesome things going on in your area by streaming information from many different social media sites.

    Definitely NOT stalkerish and their top users get tons of giveaways!

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  • http://girokontoverzinst.com/ Girokonto verzinst

    I can only agree with Valtorc about the dangers of such endeavors. As a woman I would not tell strangers my location. It sounds like a fun idea but there are definitely risks involved. Better be safe than sorry.

  • http://www.komododragonfacts.com Komodo Dragon

    @Michael, that’s true… but really.. in reality… isn’t Facebook… Myspace… stalkerish as well? Certainly on different levels.. but still… you can say all of them really are stalkerish, hehe.

  • http://www.netage.co.za Net Age

    I’ve never heard of buzzd before, but will go check it out straight away. As far as Foursquare is concerned I haven’t ventured there as of yet, but at some stage of the fight I will dive in, guaranteed.

  • http://aisforamerica.com Coast guard gifts

    My friend was telling me about an iphone app that is similar to foursquare, but keeps track of purchases you make, not places that you go to. She said she thinks the name starts with a B, but she can’t remember. Does anyone know about this???

  • http://aisforamerica.com Coast guard gifts

    Would you describe a foursquare church as more of a mainline or evangelical type of protestant faith?

  • http://www.valtorc.com Valtorc

    @Komodo Dragon no, facebook/myspace do not share your exact location with others… let alone the random public
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  • http://www.babyenglandkits.co.uk/ Baby England Kit

    I really like it and tend to be addicted now :-) but as a professional marketer, it’s still unclear for me how brands can measure their campaign effectiveness.

  • http://www.usarealestateguru.com/ Moorpark Real Estate

    I heard first time from you. Before it i using only twitter and facebook.
    Thanks buddy going to check it..

  • http://www.usedtiressale.com/ used tires

    This is true. :) I mean, the very nature of their working is meant to know your personal details and God forbid they’re misused.

    Till then,

    Jean

  • http://www.cheapdesktop.org Cheap Desktop

    I just recently got turned on to Foursquare and am currently trying to figure out how to utilize it properly. It seems like a very solid site that should continue to grow bigger. Don’t know if it was made by the makers of dodgeball.com but it seems very similar.
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  • http://aisforamerica.com Coast guard gifts

    She said she thinks the name starts with a B, but she can’t remember. Does anyone know about this?

  • http://www.usarealestateguru.com/ Moorpark Real Estate

    Really buddy its a great social networking site. I’m too taking its advantages now.
    Thanks a lot for sharing with me.

  • http://www.usedtiressale.com/ used tires

    I recently read that Facebook will be introducing a feature very similar to Foursquare. Given how much higher Facebook’s userbase is, it’s sure to take away a significant chunk of Foursquare’s users. :|

    Till then,

    Jean

  • http://www.usarealestateguru.com/ Moorpark Real Estate

    I think social networking is the best way to drive more traffic.
    Most of the people today managing their communities and adding more people to make
    their network strong.

  • http://www.netage.co.za Net Age

    After some further investigation, I drew a similar conclusion. While we are on the subject of social media, can you guys believe that the Australian government is now accepting legal documents and summonses delivered via facebook to be legal and binding….ouch! Big Brother anyone?

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    good to hear that about foursquare. But is it a good social network like facebook?

  • http://www.babyenglandkits.co.uk/ Baby England Kit

    Hello. From observation it just feels that the people that do less work always get promoted and get respected more. Why is that?

  • http://www.komododragonfacts.com Komodo Dragon

    Bob, on a sidenote, this video is auto playing whenever I land on the homepage, and also this post, it’s a bit annoying personally. I am using Firefox, not sure if this is also a problem on other browsers.

  • http://www.babyenglandkits.co.uk/ Baby England Kit

    wow, facebook, twitter, foursquare…… there are just way too many of this social sites lol

  • http://www.valtorc.com Ball Valves

    Because we hate stalkers and people always knowing where you’re at ;-)

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