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So a few weeks ago this article circulated here: https://digiday.com/marketing/confessions-location-data-exec/ https://digiday.com/marketing/confessions-locatio

So a few weeks ago this article circulated here: https://digiday.com/marketing/confessions-location-data-exec/ https://digiday.com/marketing/confessions-location-data-exec... How does that reconcile with usefulness of the data Foursquare collects? Wouldn't that mean that Foursquare location data comes from a very limited subset of mobile users? I feel like I am missing something.

minimaxir 8y ago
One trend I've noticed working with Foursquare data is that since anyone can add POI, there are a lot of garbage POIs. A simple filter on the number of check-ins alleviated that issue, but the new API no longer exposes that to anyone besides Enterprise users.
reaperducer 8y ago
Wouldn't that mean that Foursquare location data comes from a very limited subset of mobile users? Data companies exist to combine information from multiple limited subsets of users in order to create large datasets of all users that they can then sell.