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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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Facebook Launches Questions

Mindjumpers

Tweet Yesterday Facebook has launched Facebook Questions, which allows users and pages to post a Question to friends or a Facebook community. Latest with Places to match location-based services like Foursquare and Gowalla. And now Facebook has launched Questions after Quora has been buzzing for a while. How it works.

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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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My Foursquare Rep Noticed Some Unusual Activity on My Account

Socialized

What if Foursquare ran its customer service like CitiBank Visa…? 4sqpimp : I got a call today from Brad, my Foursquare rep. Brad from Foursquare customer service. Questionable locations like “around the corner” and “in the kitchen.” It seems like Foursquare really cares about me as an individual.

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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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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. Anyone can post a question and anyone can answer it. Quora seems to be working because the questions are smart and the varied answers are smarter.

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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. They will (hopefully) write something interesting.

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