Ari Herzog
JULY 29, 2014
After 2,240 check-ins, 669 photos, 106 tips, 46 badges, and 21 mayorships, I deleted my Foursquare account. ” “I never used Foursquare to find places; I used and still use Yelp.” ” “I used Foursquare for the function that is now on Swarm. I don’t want two apps. I want one app.”
Ari Herzog
OCTOBER 21, 2010
Shea Sylvia , a Kansas City web geek and early adopter of shiny new internet tools, wrote on her blog in July 2010 that she was creeped out while eating at a restaurant with friends — when the hostess came over and told her she had a phone call. I saw that you checked in there on Foursquare, Shea,” he said. This is Brian.”.
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Ari Herzog
DECEMBER 18, 2011
Citing privacy concerns and not wanting strangers to know where I was every moment I checked in to a location, I deleted my Foursquare account 14 months ago. Forrester Research recently surveyed 37,000 mobile users and in its report issued this month, a mere 2% of those users had Foursquare accounts. My past caught up with me.
Ari Herzog
FEBRUARY 26, 2011
It’s all and well that Foursquare membership grew 3400% in 2010 but if people aren’t using the location-based service at venues where thousands of people converge, how notable is that statistic? Also add a comment if you aren’t a member. -- Thanks for reading 3400% Foursquare Growth Not Notable by Ari Herzog.
Ari Herzog
DECEMBER 1, 2010
December is here and, per my desire to participate in reverberations this month, I’d like to respond to Gwen Bell’s prompt of the day : Encapsulate the year 2010 in one word. My word for 2010 is discovery. What are yours? -- Thank you for reading 1 Word to Describe 2010 and 2011 at AriWriter. Those are my words.
Ari Herzog
DECEMBER 24, 2010
Using an assortment of analytical tools, here is an unranked top 10 list of the articles I and other guest authors wrote that received the most number of comments, trackbacks, and/or views between January 1, 2010 and today. Why I Deleted My Foursquare Account. If you haven’t read any of the below, I encourage you to click away.
Ari Herzog
SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
2010: Twitter. When I finally became serious about Twitter in 2010, I thought the basic homepage was so-so. Foursquare? Do I really want my email addresses and more to be in the hands of some Ivy league whiz kid? I scramble my name and Alps Bethneck is born. For my face, I use the skin I made for one my 3D characters.
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