Currently, similar check-in and friend-finding functionality is available through the existing Foursquare app, but that'll change this summer. Foursquare plans to remove check-ins from its main app, which will evolve into a recommendation service for nearby places of interest.
In other words, Foursquare will become a more solitary experience, aimed at telling users where they should go to eat, drink or pass the time. But it'll be powered, in part, by the social aspects of Swarm, which is focused on sharing whereabouts with friends.
By splitting its app in two, Foursquare is following the "unbundling" trend toward single-purpose social apps, rather than having one app that tries to do everything. Facebook has been leading the way on this front, having bought kept the photo sharing app Instagram and the messaging app WhatsApp as separate services after their respective acquisitions.
The strategy is a response to standalone apps such as Line and Snapchat, which have managed to steal time and attention away from larger social networks.
In a blog post , Foursquare said many of the "playful" aspects of Swarm, such as mayorships and stickers, are still a work in progress. The company also said that it's still working on a Windows Phone version, which should be ready later this summer. Sign up to gain exclusive access to email subscriptions, event invitations, competitions, giveaways, and much more.
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I agree that it should be a perfect balance between interacting with your customers and knowing your brand. As a business, yo I decided to check the option of sharing selective information on Facebook, but not on Twitter, as I mainly use Twitter for business. More details on the latest connected apps here. I will review individual apps in a future blog post in more depth.
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Using your GPS, the app suggests locations around you to pick from. You can also add comments for your friends, maybe a note if you thought the place was good or where to park. I can now see who of my friends have checked in at the coffee store in the past. When I click on explore on the app, I see a map of my town with a list of pins that show stores that Foursquare has decided to recommend to me. It includes a shopping mall, restaurant, movie theater etc.
I assume this is for restaurants or places I want to remember to check out in the future. There I can click on the current location and do a search for a different location, e.
San Francisco. Under Natascha , I see widgets with my friends, stats, photos empty , tips, badges and lists. Under stats , I see my points, and a comparison to two of my friends who have points sightly above and below me. As I can see it, the main purpose of Foursquare for personal use is to stay connected with friends by letting them know where you are at a particular moment, to leave recommendations for friends, and to use Foursquare to locate restaurants and places.
There is a list function that shows recommendations from other users. It would be great to see a compelling implementation of favorites into Foursquare. This is certainly something to deal with. On the other hand, how valuable are the aggregated star ratings of something like Yelp? A better implementation might be something that surfaces the repeat visit rate for a venue. Instead of explicitly giving a star rating, the rating is made implicitly by noticing that you, your network, the whole system returns to the location at a certain rate.
A rating based on actual data vs in-the-moment opinion. As you note, not as many people leave tips as use Foursquare. Especially because user behavior does often include looking at tips and newer versions of the interface try to surface the tips more by giving a popular tip lead in.
Here are a few: 1. Who cares! If they want to be Mayor of that, they can have it! Does this person ever work?
If you know I have a job, then how can I be checking in at 5 restaurants, 3 coffee shops and several clothing boutiques. Public perception is no bueno. I am not worthy! To my earlier point of peer pressure. To point 2, it better be related to your job and industry otherwise…again, no bueno. Stop bragging. Nobody likes a show off. Tips…muy bueno. Stacy: How everyone interprets check ins is an individual thing.
Different strokes and all that. Your list certainly provides a nice variety of the negative sentiments that may be generated by checking in to a location. A little tongue and cheek…not meant to be overly negative. What better way than to have Googlebot gather all your checkins and make a mathematical determination of:. Links from your Twitter account to the Foursquare venue sites pass ranking factors to the Foursquare venue site, not the other way around though the theory of badrank is ever present and may apply here.
Assuming your Tweets can get some sort of backpull from the Foursquare locations you still need to pass it to a site you control—perhaps via your Twitter Profile link which only appears on your profile page. My guess is that, today, this is a pretty unlikely scenario. Tips in Foursquare have become much like checking Yelp reviews for me.
I think that perception has changed greatly and I am finding it to be quite social among the most active local users. The tips on Foursquare are years more useful than tips on Yelp. This is because for most users there is a relationship with the person who left a tip—the tip has context.
If I already know you and trust your judgement on coffee, then your tips about coffee will be useful for me.
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