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They're also into mining some of the "data exhaust". Monetizing this turns them into something much bigger than a social checkin company. Here's a presentatio
by mathattack 13y ago
They're also into mining some of the "data exhaust". Monetizing this turns them into something much bigger than a social checkin company.
Here's a presentation given at Data Driven New York. http://vimeo.com/79911529 http://vimeo.com/79911529
- yid 13y ago> They're also into mining some of the "data exhaust". Monetizing this turns them into something much bigger than a social checkin company. Location data changes very quickly: new places open and close, popularity waxes and wanes, and demographics of neighborhoods change unpredictably. Foursquare's location data is only as good as its freshness, so without a large pool of active users, there is no "data exhaust".
- mathattack 13y agoThis is and, not or. But it did sound like check in growth was tapering.
- dopamean 13y agoSomething about this presentation really bugged me. From an engineering standpoint I thought it was pretty cool but as someone who really enjoys trying out random things and discovering things (thats are new to me) I would never use something like their suggestion product.