Comments on: A guide to Foursquare etiquette

By: Daniel_Honigman

Daniel_Honigman — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:56:00 +0000

Sure it’s allowed; makes for some interesting intra-office rivalries!

By: Alexander Schroeder

Alexander Schroeder — Tue, 17 May 2011 02:36:30 +0000

What about checking into work??? My co-worker Tobin claims it's not allowed!

By: Aaron M.

Aaron M. — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 08:02:19 +0000

What's wrong with retroactive check-ins? I wanted to check in to a few places on Foursquare but had to wait til I got home to create the venues and then check-in. Perhaps they should provide a second check-in function for this.

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Gamify the news by rewarding 3 types of activities | Old Media, New Tricks — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:40:36 +0000

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By: Fred Magovern

Fred Magovern — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:45:21 +0000

I disagree about residences, and I think Foursquare would as well – nothing wrong with being the mayor of your own place. Having said that, if you check in their the night before, when you wake up, should you check in? Is it your “first stop?” For example, if I check-in @ night, wake up the next day, don't leave, I was there that day – shouldn't I have a check-in?

By: My Thoughts On Foursquare Etiquette | From A Young Man's Perspective

My Thoughts On Foursquare Etiquette | From A Young Man's Perspective — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:13:42 +0000

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By: Exploring Chicago with Foursquare: An Unexpectedly Amazing Experience | CHICAGO CARLESS

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 07:57:39 +0000

[...] decided that all bets were off. As I quickly became hooked on the game, I also tried to learn the etiquette of it–especially since your check-ins can be automatically posted to your other social media [...]

By: Lorin

Lorin — Sat, 15 May 2010 18:43:49 +0000

It's something like three checkins in under ten minutes. It'll give you a warning screen that says you should actually stay put for awhile and then it lets you know that points and privileges aren't counted for rapid checkins.

By: Major_Grooves

Major_Grooves — Wed, 05 May 2010 19:09:00 +0000

You mention to edit locations to become a superuser, but it seems that you can only edit locations if you are *already* a superuser. I would like to merge some venues here in Oxford but cannot. I have found that I can move the map pin for a location of which I am the mayor, but no others.

By: JP White

JP White — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:42:15 +0000

Daniel,

You are correct, Foursquare provides a good way to meet-up with friends and family at a specific location. However just announcing your general whereabouts, even if its just the gas station, let's those who know you that you maybe in their vicinity. One could call a friend who is known to be close by for a meet-up at a more convivial location. Without that 'ticker' you may not call at all to meet up.

The other side of Foursquare is the competitive nature of the leader-board, you get points for checking-in to locations, and of course one wants to be as honest as possible with friends, but still be top dog

I've been experimenting with Gowalla recently and that gives one more incentive to check-in at locations to pick-up and drop off 'items'. I foresee the Gowalla model promoting widespread check-ins.