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Foursquare Evolves From Gamification To Recommendation – But Why?

SocMed Sean

Of all the location-based social networks out there, Foursquare certainly has been the one to outlast the competition. I didn’t say “Foursquare has beaten the competition” or “Foursquare has succeed”…I just said they outlasted the competition. Notice how I chose my words carefully.

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Approaching Strangers Through Foursquare

Ari Herzog

Using GPS chips embedded in your smartphone and latitude/longitude addresses, it is fairly easy for me to log into an app such as Foursquare , Loopt , or Google Latitude and (if your privacy settings allow me to) see who is proximate to my location. This privacy intrusion is why I deleted my Foursquare account two years ago.

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Guess Who is Back on Foursquare

Ari Herzog

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. There are many questions.

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The Question Of Quora

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When someone asks, "what's the next Twitter ?" Over the past few years the answer has been, " Foursquare , Gowalla or Groupon " until recently. At it's core, Quora is a question and answer service. At it's core, Quora is a question and answer service. answering questions (and even posting questions).

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The Ultimate Question: Self-Interested Or Interesting?

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Is there one, ultimate, question that will help you answer this? It may seem like an obvious question to ask (and even easier to answer), but you may well be surprised. Think about Facebook , Twitter , YouTube and even Foursquare. foursquare. the ultimate question. that dovetails into this perfectly.

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Social Networking Stats: Instagram Tops Twitter In Daily Mobile Users, #RLTM Scoreboard

The Realtime Report

Twitter: over 500 million users. Foursquare: over 20 million users. via Foursquare. Instagram Tops Twitter In Daily Mobile Users. million for Twitter. Out of around 110 million smartphone owners in the US, Twitter had ~29 million unique U.S. The #RLTM Scoreboard: Social Networking Stats for the Week.

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Facebook LinkedIn Twitter in 2013

Ari Herzog

Of the three largest social networking sites in the United States, I plan to use Facebook the most, LinkedIn the second-most, and Twitter the least. Twitter in 2013. Related, I intend to publish an e-book on my Twitter evolution in the coming months… Other Applications in 2013. Got a question? Facebook in 2013.

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