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about time someone in the press admitted to these LBS' (current) uselessness. Potential for being big businesses (which is exciting for the companies) but pers

by chadp 16y ago

about time someone in the press admitted to these LBS' (current) uselessness. Potential for being big businesses (which is exciting for the companies) but personally useless for me at the moment.

byoung2 16y ago
I agree...I was a big fan of FourSquare at first, but now that the wow factor has worn off, I don't see the point anymore. Now if being the mayor gave me coupons or discounts, then I'd have more of an incentive to check in more often at more places.
- pavs 16y ago
  What was the wow factor of foursquare?
  - matwood 16y ago
    Maybe the same novelty that any other achievement based game like system provides?
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    - antareus 16y ago
      And the achievements give you...what? A tiny shot of dopamine? It is hard to be enamored with tech these days when you see what people fall for.
      - matwood 16y ago
        They don't provide anything but I was responding to someone who asked what the wow facto was. There really isn't any wow factor, but for some reason people are suckers for achievements. Just look at pretty much any video game today for additional examples.
  - smokeyj 16y ago
    Wow, I can't believe people use this.
  - techbio 16y ago
    Wow, I had this idea 8 years ago and abandoned it because I lived in the Midwest.
  - drusenko 16y ago
    I enjoyed the "travel log" aspect of it. It was fun to be able to look back a couple months and remember every restaurant I ate at, and every place I went. The mayorships and badges were fun at first, too. Ultimately, though, I decided it wasn't providing enough value for the effort I was putting into it, and stopped cold turkey.
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- commandar 16y ago
  >Now if being the mayor gave me coupons or discounts, then I'd have more of an incentive to check in more often at more places. Seems to be the direction they're headed in. I've noticed more restaurants in my area having their location tagged with something like "show this to your server for a free appetizer" and the like recently. SCVNGR actually seems to have the most prominent tools for this kind of thing and does the best job up playing up the game aspect by throwing in some fun challenges, but just doesn't have the user base to be relevant, unfortunately.

by chadp 16y ago

about time someone in the press admitted to these LBS' (current) uselessness. Potential for being big businesses (which is exciting for the companies) but personally useless for me at the moment.

byoung2 16y ago

I agree...I was a big fan of FourSquare at first, but now that the wow factor has worn off, I don't see the point anymore. Now if being the mayor gave me coupons or discounts, then I'd have more of an incentive to check in more often at more places.

pavs 16y ago
What was the wow factor of foursquare?
- matwood 16y ago
  Maybe the same novelty that any other achievement based game like system provides?
  - deleted 16y ago
    [deleted]
  - antareus 16y ago
    And the achievements give you...what? A tiny shot of dopamine? It is hard to be enamored with tech these days when you see what people fall for.
    - matwood 16y ago
      They don't provide anything but I was responding to someone who asked what the wow facto was. There really isn't any wow factor, but for some reason people are suckers for achievements. Just look at pretty much any video game today for additional examples.
- smokeyj 16y ago
  Wow, I can't believe people use this.
- techbio 16y ago
  Wow, I had this idea 8 years ago and abandoned it because I lived in the Midwest.
- drusenko 16y ago
  I enjoyed the "travel log" aspect of it. It was fun to be able to look back a couple months and remember every restaurant I ate at, and every place I went. The mayorships and badges were fun at first, too. Ultimately, though, I decided it wasn't providing enough value for the effort I was putting into it, and stopped cold turkey.
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commandar 16y ago
>Now if being the mayor gave me coupons or discounts, then I'd have more of an incentive to check in more often at more places. Seems to be the direction they're headed in. I've noticed more restaurants in my area having their location tagged with something like "show this to your server for a free appetizer" and the like recently. SCVNGR actually seems to have the most prominent tools for this kind of thing and does the best job up playing up the game aspect by throwing in some fun challenges, but just doesn't have the user base to be relevant, unfortunately.