23 Mar 2009
Foursquare Use & Abuse
Is there a right way and a wrong way to use Foursquare?
I think so. I think of Foursquare as being a social connector, in the traditional in-person, “Mike’s a few blocks away eating a burger let’s go meet him and steal some of his fries” way. I confess I also like the badges; yesterday I unlocked “Far and Away” for going above 59th Street — to eat popovers.
That said, there are some places it just doesn’t make sense to check in. Two, principally:
- Home (unless you’re having people over or want people to come by)
- Work (unless you’re offering beer)
The airport I can understand. Someone else you know may be flying out at the same time. And last night I checked in at the movies — someone could have been seeing Watchmen at the same time.
If you want to check in everywhere, use Brightkite or just leave Google Latitude running.
(With apologies and an invitation to comment to my friends who inspired this post.)
