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Team FourSquare (if you're reading this), please ask yourself this question: If "x" is how much better Facebook was than MySpace, or how much better Google was

Team FourSquare (if you're reading this), please ask yourself this question: If "x" is how much better Facebook was than MySpace, or how much better Google was than Yahoo search, then "x" is how much better you need to be than Yelp to beat Yelp. Right now, it is debatable if you are even just better than Yelp.

debt 12y ago
Foursquare doesn't hold a candle to Yelp. I can order food, make a reservation and figure out what's going on in my neighborhood with Yelp. Foursquare has a new logo.
- achompas 12y ago
  I disagree. Yelp's reviews are needlessly verbose and possibly gamed or filtered according to the store's affiliation with Yelp. I don't have the same concerns re: 4sq reviews.
  - debt 12y ago
    Then why does Yelp itself only have 2 1/2 stars on Yelp? Couldn't they just game their own name? [1]http://www.yelp.com/biz/yelp-san-francisco http://www.yelp.com/biz/yelp-san-francisco
    - achompas 12y ago
      If we're getting into conspiracy theories, wouldn't gaming Yelp's reviews simply provide more evidence of gamed Yelp reviews?!?! I've spoken to numerous business owners in NYC who, after having turned down Yelp's super deluxe premier service^, begin to receive negative reviews that make no sense ("terrible service!" during a night the business was closed) or reference nonexistent items ("terrible apple pie!" for a bakery that doesn't offer apple pie). ^ Not the name, but they offer analytics and other services to businesses.
      - debt 12y ago
        So they purposely gamed their own reviews to be negative in order to put off the notion they don't game reviews?
        achompas 12y ago
        I derisively referred to my own suggestion as a "conspiracy theory" because I think this conversation is kind of bogus.
- schrodinger 12y ago
  For me, I use Yelp for researching and planning places to go in advance, and Foursquare for finding something spontaneous in the area to do. I guess I find Yelp's more in-depth reviews helpful for researching and planning, but too cumbersome for finding things to do on the fly.
- dilizio 12y ago
  cmon, yelp is broken, I use foursquare has my first choice to locally search and plan and to read genuine short advice from non wannabe poets users. I find yelp closer to tripadvisor because you can easily find negative content about a place, like if a review to be more credible must be negative in some way. Plus you can order food, reserve a table, see the menu, know if credit cards are accepted, if there's outside seating etc. just to name a few.

debt 12y ago

Foursquare doesn't hold a candle to Yelp. I can order food, make a reservation and figure out what's going on in my neighborhood with Yelp. Foursquare has a new logo.

achompas 12y ago
I disagree. Yelp's reviews are needlessly verbose and possibly gamed or filtered according to the store's affiliation with Yelp. I don't have the same concerns re: 4sq reviews.
- debt 12y ago
  Then why does Yelp itself only have 2 1/2 stars on Yelp? Couldn't they just game their own name? [1]http://www.yelp.com/biz/yelp-san-francisco http://www.yelp.com/biz/yelp-san-francisco
  - achompas 12y ago
    If we're getting into conspiracy theories, wouldn't gaming Yelp's reviews simply provide more evidence of gamed Yelp reviews?!?! I've spoken to numerous business owners in NYC who, after having turned down Yelp's super deluxe premier service^, begin to receive negative reviews that make no sense ("terrible service!" during a night the business was closed) or reference nonexistent items ("terrible apple pie!" for a bakery that doesn't offer apple pie). ^ Not the name, but they offer analytics and other services to businesses.
    - debt 12y ago
      So they purposely gamed their own reviews to be negative in order to put off the notion they don't game reviews?
      - achompas 12y ago
        I derisively referred to my own suggestion as a "conspiracy theory" because I think this conversation is kind of bogus.
schrodinger 12y ago
For me, I use Yelp for researching and planning places to go in advance, and Foursquare for finding something spontaneous in the area to do. I guess I find Yelp's more in-depth reviews helpful for researching and planning, but too cumbersome for finding things to do on the fly.
dilizio 12y ago
cmon, yelp is broken, I use foursquare has my first choice to locally search and plan and to read genuine short advice from non wannabe poets users. I find yelp closer to tripadvisor because you can easily find negative content about a place, like if a review to be more credible must be negative in some way. Plus you can order food, reserve a table, see the menu, know if credit cards are accepted, if there's outside seating etc. just to name a few.