{"id":3886,"date":"2012-05-01T19:59:24","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T18:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3886"},"modified":"2012-05-01T21:42:25","modified_gmt":"2012-05-01T20:42:25","slug":"why-im-leaving-foursquare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/05\/why-im-leaving-foursquare.htm","title":{"rendered":"Why I&#8217;m leaving Foursquare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the last year or so, I&#8217;ve been\u00a0religiously\u00a0&#8220;checking in&#8221; to all venues on my business travels (not personal ones though) to try and get a handle on Foursquare. This and Farmville (long since forgotten) were part of a quest to understand two of the examples of gamification that were often quoted (back when gamification was the current buzzword).<\/p>\n<p>Well, I have to admit, I don&#8217;t really see the advantage. Not to me at least.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I&#8217;ve been the mayor of a few places (I was even the mayor of Fujitsu&#8217;s UK HQ for a while, although I suspect the CEO may have a different view) but no-one has ever offered me a discount.<\/li>\n<li>Not once have I been alerted to the fact that one of my friends was also at the same venue as me.<\/li>\n<li>I frequently forget to check in at the station on the way home &#8211; Foursquare doesn&#8217;t let you edit your timeline.<\/li>\n<li>Even as the mayor of a location I was unable to do anything about the &#8220;tip spam&#8221; &#8211; and Foursquare didn&#8217;t respond to my requests to remove the offending items either.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Foursquare trainspotter badge\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/4sq-trainspotter.png?resize=143%2C145&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"143\" height=\"145\" \/>Meanwhile I have given Foursquare plenty of information about my travel patterns and the offices I visit. That information might be useful in a broader context but, as with every other &#8220;free&#8221; social platform, I am the product &#8211; not the customer &#8211; and I&#8217;m simply providing data for potential analysis and even sale. Foursquare, along with Google Latitude and Facebook Places, holds no interest for me any more (especially since Foursquare awarded me the &#8220;trainspotter&#8221; badge!)<\/p>\n<p>So, in the words of the famous BBC &#8220;dragons&#8221;, I&#8217;m sorry, but &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=U_LsCRgs_Pg\">I&#8217;m out<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>[Updated 21:42 &#8211; added point about &#8220;tip spam&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the last year or so, I&#8217;ve been\u00a0religiously\u00a0&#8220;checking in&#8221; to all venues on my business travels (not personal ones though) to try and get a handle on Foursquare. 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