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I know a ton of people in the Bay Area that actively check-in. Please speak for your own experience.
by drstewart 12y ago
I know a ton of people in the Bay Area that actively check-in. Please speak for your own experience.
- smacktoward 12y agoYou may not be aware of this, but the Bay Area is not exactly a representative sample of Mass Market Behavior. But that doesn't really matter, because we can resolve the dispute with a simple question: if check-ins were a mass-market thing, would Foursquare (and everyone else who tried them, like Facebook) be running away from them? The answer is no, obviously. If they worked, companies would be piling in, not checking out. But they don't, so they are.
- baddox 12y ago> the Bay Area is not exactly a representative sample of Mass Market Behavior. No, it's not. But neither is > After the novelty wears off, nobody wants to check in. Nobody. Like those stupid plastic awareness bracelets, check-ins were a fad that flared briefly and is now completely, 100% over.
- untog 12y agoWell, if people in the Bay Area do it then clearly everyone does. </Hacker News>
- baddox 12y ago> > After the novelty wears off, nobody wants to check in. Nobody. Like those stupid plastic awareness bracelets, check-ins were a fad that flared briefly and is now completely, 100% over.
- untog 12y agoThere is such a thing as exaggeration to make a point. I'm pretty sure the author is aware that there are more than literally zero people checking in with Foursquare. As is everyone. On a similar note, I could list the reasons why checking in is, in fact, nothing like "those stupid plastic awareness bracelets". But that would be a waste of everyone's time.
- baddox 12y agoHow many times does someone get to explicitly state absolutes before reasonable readers stop inferring that they are exaggerating? If the statement was "nobody wants to check in anymore," that's pretty clearly an exaggeration. But that statement said "nobody" twice, and "completely," and "100%." If someone had wanted to literally claim that zero people check in, how would they do that?
- smacktoward 12y agoThey would say "Literally no people want to check in." Because that's what "literally" means. (Literally!) But since my use of hyperbole (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbole http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbole) clearly touched some deep vein with you, how about this: "An insignificant number of people, too small to provide a VC-backed startup with even a minimally acceptable exit, want to check in anymore." Feel free to mentally substitute this version for my earlier, more-fun-to-read-while-still-making-the-same-point version whenever you browse this thread. You're welcome.
- baddox 12y agoThanks for linking me to the Wikipedia article on hyperbole. I have 100% never heard of that concept. Also I wanted to thank you for something, because you already said "you're welcome" and I don't want to leave you hanging.
- Grue3 12y ago>They would say "Literally no people want to check in." Because that's what "literally" means. (Literally!) "Literally" also had a second meaning of "figuratively" for the last century or two. So your attempt is, once again, ambiguous.
- Gormo 12y agoI'd actually like to see your argument - I can see the possible benefit to business owners if their customers use Foursquare, but I've never been able to figure out why anyone would want to use Foursquare in the first place. What benefit does the user get out of checking in everywhere he goes?
- srj 12y agoI've been actively checking into places for around 4 years. Several of my friends do as well.
- kaeawc 12y agoAnecdotes don't make for a good business model.
- thanatropism 12y agoFoursquare checking in and fighting for the mayorship of places is a thing in Rio.
- dreamweapon 12y agoDo you mean "people", or you know, bay area / technical types? 'Coz there's a huge difference (inasmuch as the Valley might want to forget this).