Comments on: 6 Reasons I’m down on Foursquare

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.

By: Michelle Batten

Michelle Batten — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:33:23 +0000

Jeff -

I loved reading your post and thought you gave many valid points. I did not initially use Foursquare while in Atlanta for several of the same reasons you gave. Now that I'm moving to Chicago, it has become a wonderful discovery tool as well as a handy way to keep up with friends and colleagues like yourself :)

I believe that location-based networks and marketing are inevitable, but in order for them to work long-term, utility has to be a much more central part of the experience for users as well as brands. I've listed out a few ideas on my blog here - bit.ly/a8KTvg Would love to hear yours and your readers thoughts along these lines.

Cheers,
Michelle
@iMediaMichelle

By: hhotelconsult

hhotelconsult — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 02:06:04 +0000

Another thing... the crisis in social media is that people think it's about themselves, and it's really about everyone else. If you don't like it, that is one thing. But you not liking it doesn't make it less impacting or less of a phenomenon. I am not sure if the post was meant to be constructive or just to vent steam.... but the whole point of these networks is that one person doesn't matter... it is the connected web of integrated interaction that makes it interesting. If I didn't comment here, someone else would have. Individual content means nothing - someone else will fill that void.

But a strong networking effect and powerful new tool: that is interesting.

I am supposed to be working anyway.

Oh yeah... it doesn't matter because I am just one person but I don't really care either. And I am sick of people linking the twitter accounts.

I am a big fan of native posting across all channels. It's vital.