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As much as I liked foursquare: they jumped the sharks years ago and I do not get why some still use foursquare. One missing feature was so obvious and I wonder

by tferris 14y ago

As much as I liked foursquare: they jumped the sharks years ago and I do not get why some still use foursquare. One missing feature was so obvious and I wonder that they haven't implemented it: A quick overview showing trending places right now (and that's all about). Something like wherevent.com for now.

harryh 14y ago
This is what we're trying to go for in the new explore tab. Before you even do a search give you some interesting information about things nearby (including things that are unusually busy) with the option to drill down and get more results if any of the categories are interesting to you. We've found that trending places on their own aren't very interesting (they're often just train stations & airports). What you really want is places that are busier than they normally are.
- sc00ter 14y ago
  "What you really want is places that are busier than they normally are." Is that not the definition of trending?
  - harryh 14y ago
    Hrm, I guess it's a bit ambiguous. Some folks say trending = busiest places nearby, others say places that are /unusually/ busy. Regardless of the semantics we've definitely found that the latter is more interesting.
- tferris 14y ago
  This's clear that there has to be some algorithm sorting out the boring stuff like train stations and airports—some kind of 'movers & shakers' (trending), should be easy to implement. I remember so many times when being out checking FS with friends and really ALL my friends said that it would be great to see where all the people are tonight, is it this party, or this bar, etc. (until everyone I know finally stopped using FS). Such a feature had to be there when FS was at its peak. Why do you come up with something so obvious after years? I don't want to sound harsh but that ship sailed a long time ago without you guys, FS lost any relevance and gambled away its chances.
baddox 14y ago
It may not be a huge feature, and I may even be missing it somewhere in the app, but there also doesn't appear to be a way to simply get a list of check ins from a given user.
- harryh 14y ago
  If you go to the user screen for a user that you are friends with you can scroll down to see a feed of all their actions on foursquare (checkins, tips, lists, everything).

by tferris 14y ago

harryh 14y ago

This is what we're trying to go for in the new explore tab. Before you even do a search give you some interesting information about things nearby (including things that are unusually busy) with the option to drill down and get more results if any of the categories are interesting to you. We've found that trending places on their own aren't very interesting (they're often just train stations & airports). What you really want is places that are busier than they normally are.

sc00ter 14y ago
"What you really want is places that are busier than they normally are." Is that not the definition of trending?
- harryh 14y ago
  Hrm, I guess it's a bit ambiguous. Some folks say trending = busiest places nearby, others say places that are /unusually/ busy. Regardless of the semantics we've definitely found that the latter is more interesting.
tferris 14y ago
This's clear that there has to be some algorithm sorting out the boring stuff like train stations and airports—some kind of 'movers & shakers' (trending), should be easy to implement. I remember so many times when being out checking FS with friends and really ALL my friends said that it would be great to see where all the people are tonight, is it this party, or this bar, etc. (until everyone I know finally stopped using FS). Such a feature had to be there when FS was at its peak. Why do you come up with something so obvious after years? I don't want to sound harsh but that ship sailed a long time ago without you guys, FS lost any relevance and gambled away its chances.

baddox 14y ago

It may not be a huge feature, and I may even be missing it somewhere in the app, but there also doesn't appear to be a way to simply get a list of check ins from a given user.

harryh 14y ago
If you go to the user screen for a user that you are friends with you can scroll down to see a feed of all their actions on foursquare (checkins, tips, lists, everything).