Comments on: How and why I’m using Foursquare http://www.lavarow.com/2010/01/11/how-and-why-im-using-foursquare/ Lava Row is a social media consulting, strategy and education firm based in Des Moines, Iowa. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:22:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Application Fever | Take 2 Digital http://www.lavarow.com/2010/01/11/how-and-why-im-using-foursquare/#comment-1636 Application Fever | Take 2 Digital Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:18:08 +0000 http://www.lavarow.com/?p=1079#comment-1636 [...] status-worthy content on a LinkedIn status update.  It is simply not the venue.  Furthermore, no one on LinkedIn is interested in where you checked in for lunch or how you just dethroned the mayor of Starbucks.  Back up- what do I mean by [...] [...] status-worthy content on a LinkedIn status update.  It is simply not the venue.  Furthermore, no one on LinkedIn is interested in where you checked in for lunch or how you just dethroned the mayor of Starbucks.  Back up- what do I mean by [...]

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.lavarow.com/2010/01/11/how-and-why-im-using-foursquare/#comment-1671 Anonymous Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:56:00 +0000 http://www.lavarow.com/?p=1079#comment-1671 Thanks for this blog Nathan! It inspired me to get an account. :) nnI was wondering if anyone ever thought that people might cheat. Like not really go to someplace (just be in the general area) and continue to check-in to become Mayor or get customer loyalty perks. I can see future Mayor competition smack downs in my head... but hopefully a silly overreaction. :) Thanks for this blog Nathan! It inspired me to get an account. :) nnI was wondering if anyone ever thought that people might cheat. Like not really go to someplace (just be in the general area) and continue to check-in to become Mayor or get customer loyalty perks. I can see future Mayor competition smack downs in my head… but hopefully a silly overreaction. :)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.lavarow.com/2010/01/11/how-and-why-im-using-foursquare/#comment-1672 Anonymous Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:09:00 +0000 http://www.lavarow.com/?p=1079#comment-1672 And what about Tips and Tricks?? I think that feature is cool....try a new restaurant, and your "friend" has already tried a menu item they recommend....so you try it! I like this for small businesses...silly if they don't add themselves as a venue! And what about Tips and Tricks?? I think that feature is cool….try a new restaurant, and your “friend” has already tried a menu item they recommend….so you try it! I like this for small businesses…silly if they don’t add themselves as a venue!

]]> By: jojostevens http://www.lavarow.com/2010/01/11/how-and-why-im-using-foursquare/#comment-1569 jojostevens Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:56:42 +0000 http://www.lavarow.com/?p=1079#comment-1569 Thanks for this blog Nathan! It inspired me to get an account. :) <br><br>I was wondering if anyone ever thought that people might cheat. Like not really go to someplace (just be in the general area) and continue to check-in to become Mayor or get customer loyalty perks. I can see future Mayor competition smack downs in my head... but hopefully a silly overreaction. :) Thanks for this blog Nathan! It inspired me to get an account. :)

I was wondering if anyone ever thought that people might cheat. Like not really go to someplace (just be in the general area) and continue to check-in to become Mayor or get customer loyalty perks. I can see future Mayor competition smack downs in my head… but hopefully a silly overreaction. :)

]]> By: ambersalmon http://www.lavarow.com/2010/01/11/how-and-why-im-using-foursquare/#comment-1568 ambersalmon Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:09:44 +0000 http://www.lavarow.com/?p=1079#comment-1568 And what about Tips and Tricks?? I think that feature is cool....try a new restaurant, and your "friend" has already tried a menu item they recommend....so you try it! I like this for small businesses...silly if they don't add themselves as a venue! And what about Tips and Tricks?? I think that feature is cool….try a new restaurant, and your “friend” has already tried a menu item they recommend….so you try it! I like this for small businesses…silly if they don't add themselves as a venue!

]]> By: Neil Roberts http://www.lavarow.com/2010/01/11/how-and-why-im-using-foursquare/#comment-1565 Neil Roberts Tue, 12 Jan 2010 03:40:04 +0000 http://www.lavarow.com/?p=1079#comment-1565 Would love to see some discussion of "anti-social" checkins that I've seen pop up on Foursquare as people compete. There seem to be a lot of checkins at locations where I can't easily visit the person. At workplaces or apartment complexes, for example. There's also the borderline checkin where someone is just popping into a location to purchase something and then immediately leaving. It seems like we should be encouraging checkins at places where others can drop in and say hello. Would love to see some discussion of “anti-social” checkins that I've seen pop up on Foursquare as people compete. There seem to be a lot of checkins at locations where I can't easily visit the person. At workplaces or apartment complexes, for example. There's also the borderline checkin where someone is just popping into a location to purchase something and then immediately leaving. It seems like we should be encouraging checkins at places where others can drop in and say hello.

]]> By: Cavan http://www.lavarow.com/2010/01/11/how-and-why-im-using-foursquare/#comment-1563 Cavan Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:58:24 +0000 http://www.lavarow.com/?p=1079#comment-1563 @Richard -- I agree with it seeming like a gimmick, especially when you picture people ignoring those around them in real life so they can check in on FourSquare. <br><br>Here's why I use it, though -- I just moved to the Twin Cities, and FourSquare has been more helpful and fun that I would have expected. It gave me a chance to learn about venues around me and get tips from others on what to order/do there. I was hoping to find more deals/discounts through it, but haven't done that so far. Now I just do it for fun and as a way to help me keep track of what places I've been able to explore so far. <br><br>That said, I've been inundated with friend requests since it went global, and am being more cautious about accepting them. @Richard — I agree with it seeming like a gimmick, especially when you picture people ignoring those around them in real life so they can check in on FourSquare.

Here's why I use it, though — I just moved to the Twin Cities, and FourSquare has been more helpful and fun that I would have expected. It gave me a chance to learn about venues around me and get tips from others on what to order/do there. I was hoping to find more deals/discounts through it, but haven't done that so far. Now I just do it for fun and as a way to help me keep track of what places I've been able to explore so far.

That said, I've been inundated with friend requests since it went global, and am being more cautious about accepting them.

]]> By: Macy Koch http://www.lavarow.com/2010/01/11/how-and-why-im-using-foursquare/#comment-1562 Macy Koch Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:45:57 +0000 http://www.lavarow.com/?p=1079#comment-1562 I am trying to get more students to get this and have rewards for attending student senate meetings (which are open to all of campus). It's a work in progress but hopefully soon we'll have people checking in at the Senate Room! I am trying to get more students to get this and have rewards for attending student senate meetings (which are open to all of campus). It's a work in progress but hopefully soon we'll have people checking in at the Senate Room!

]]> By: Richard http://www.lavarow.com/2010/01/11/how-and-why-im-using-foursquare/#comment-1561 Richard Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:45:05 +0000 http://www.lavarow.com/?p=1079#comment-1561 It still seems like 10% useful and 90% gimmick. I mean, how many legitimate situations can you think of where you need to broadcast where you are that you can't otherwise do through another channel? And when I say legitimate, I mean a situation where your SN peers actually want, need or care to know? And if it's mostly about the badges and whatnot, then how sad that our advances in technology are going to fuel such frivolous endeavours. But then, perhaps I'm just waiting for my "a-ha" moment, at which point I will eat my words ;-) It still seems like 10% useful and 90% gimmick. I mean, how many legitimate situations can you think of where you need to broadcast where you are that you can't otherwise do through another channel? And when I say legitimate, I mean a situation where your SN peers actually want, need or care to know? And if it's mostly about the badges and whatnot, then how sad that our advances in technology are going to fuel such frivolous endeavours. But then, perhaps I'm just waiting for my “a-ha” moment, at which point I will eat my words ;-)

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