Comments on: 6 Reasons I’m down on Foursquare

By: Analyzing my blog to see what we like talking about, when and via what medium

Analyzing my blog to see what we like talking about, when and via what medium — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:28:18 +0000

[...] 6 reasons I’m down on Foursquare (on a Friday) [...]

By: Badges schmadges

Badges schmadges — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 11:29:32 +0000

[...] but the rankings, badges and mayorships are getting old (ok, mayorships are still kinda cool, but I’m not hip enough to earn many of those). Ok, so I earned a “bender badge” because I was up late…now what? The first [...]

By: I have seen the future of location-based apps, thanks to Tungle

I have seen the future of location-based apps, thanks to Tungle — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:03:25 +0000

[...] been pretty vocal about how I’m down on Foursquare. Not their business model or potential, but how I’m personally struggling with [...]

By: 3 reasons check-in apps aren’t going to make it

3 reasons check-in apps aren’t going to make it — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:51:43 +0000

[...] wrote a while back about why I was down on Foursquare. That post was specific to Foursquare, which I still think is a great tool but my conclusion is [...]

By: The easiest $.62 I ever earned (WeReward)

The easiest $.62 I ever earned (WeReward) — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:24:21 +0000

[...] without some kind of points or incentive, my feeling is that they get a little boring (see my 6 Reasons I’m down on Foursquare post from a few months [...]

By: Jeff Hilimire

Jeff Hilimire — Tue, 11 May 2010 20:54:50 +0000

That's both the best way for Foursquare and others to grow (by promoting check-ins to people's followers) and the biggest reason people will not want to use or keep using the service, because they are getting friend spam.

Hey, I like that, “friend spam”…think I'll be using that soon ;)

By: Jeff Hilimire

Jeff Hilimire — Tue, 11 May 2010 20:53:01 +0000

Ryan, that's one of the reasons I'm down on Foursquare. There have been a few times I was psyched about traveling and either I didn't get much from the experience and/or there weren't many of the places I went to that were in the system, so it was a bit of a let down.

By: Joe Hamm (@brohamm)

Joe Hamm (@brohamm) — Sun, 09 May 2010 22:21:37 +0000

I'm tired of getting spammed by all of my friends' status messages! Such a pain:) The more people join the network, the more disruptive it becomes to my daily life. I've been manually disabling status messages for each user.

By: Five untapped opportunities for mobile and travel | Tnooz

Five untapped opportunities for mobile and travel | Tnooz — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:50:15 +0000

[...] Regarding a travel opportunity still wide open for start-ups, I’m thinking something along the lines of Foursquare meets Geocaching meets a Buzz overlay on Google Maps that pulls in content (and revenue) from a DMO, a destination content supplier, and a mobile ad network. Foursquare have been getting an incredible amount of good publicity in the just over a year since they launched. Geocaching.com is taking the scavenger hunt into the 21st century. Someone even made a movie about it. Noticings is trying to make it more of a game and SimpleGeo is making it much easier to add geo-location into your app, but none of them have quite put it together in a way that could really work in travel – some Foursqaure users are even starting to get burnt out. [...]

By: Jeff Hilimire

Jeff Hilimire — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 01:15:33 +0000

Everyone who contributed to the comments on this post should check out @imediamichelle's post on the topic: http://bit.ly/a8KTvg. Very solid stuff and hopefully the Foursquare folks read it. Some great ways that location based marketing can start being less "cool kids only" and more useful to the world.

Where I'd like to take this conversation is...well I'm going to blog about it right now to get the conversation started.