I have been trying to figure out the application Foursquare. Foursquare is an application for your smartphone or for your computer. The object is to check in places you visit. The more times you check in, the more you visit and the more you visit the more you earn badges. If you frequent a restaurant enough times, you become the “mayor” of that restaurant and/or destination.
Now, I’ve been checking in sometimes when I remember, but I really do not want people to know exactly where I am at all times of the day. It might be fun if I was in High School trying to hook up with my friends, but I’m a thirty-something who really doesn’t want stalkers finding me.
The flaw in FourSquare is that you can scam it. I said I was at Barnes and Nobles today and I was not there at all. I just wanted to see if Foursquare let you force a destination even though were no where near the destination. And, it did. I’m not impressed right now with the application because I don’t have a need for it. If I find a need, I may try it again, but when only 2 other friends are on the application playing with you–it’s really not that much fun. For now, I’ll stick with Facebook and Twitter for my social interaction and for planning F2F social outings. There are limits to my social networking, especially since I’m a professor at a university.
