Why I Deleted My Foursquare Account
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Why I Deleted My Foursquare Account
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#2Creepy guys will find a reason to awkwardly approach girls with or without Foursquare.
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#3I've always been skeeved out by the location sharing services; why do I want everybody to know where I am and what I'm doing? Perhaps this is generational (I'm almost 40) as almost everybody I know younger than myself happily checks in via Foursquare or Facebook, but the comment I had upon seeing the initial Loopt demo ("so now my boss can follow me around wherever I go?") retains.
It could be generational, or it could be incipient crazy-person behavior (always a possibility with me). I'm not going to try and unpack that myself; until it causes me drama, I'll just steer clear of anything that broadcasts my location.
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#4I've always been skeeved out by the location sharing services; why do I want everybody to know where I am and what I'm doing? Perhaps this is generational (I'm almost 40) as almost everybody I know younger than myself happily checks in via Foursquare or Facebook, but the comment I had upon seeing the initial Loopt demo ("so now my boss can follow me around wherever I go?") retains. It could be generational, or it cou…
I don't believe it's just generational, but culture plays an important role in it. If a person's friends are over-sharers, chances are they themselves might be, too.
Personally, I never saw the advantage of location sharing. I like to know what my friends are up to and I like telling them what I'm doing, and there are many tools and sites for doing that. Why do people have to give their geo coordinates to some creepy service when they could just post "hey, i'm at pizza hut, everybody" on Twitter if the need arises?
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#5I deleted mine as well after a similarly creepy event.
Also, after awhile, I just didn't see the point to it.
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#6I've always been skeeved out by the location sharing services; why do I want everybody to know where I am and what I'm doing? Perhaps this is generational (I'm almost 40) as almost everybody I know younger than myself happily checks in via Foursquare or Facebook, but the comment I had upon seeing the initial Loopt demo ("so now my boss can follow me around wherever I go?") retains. It could be generational, or it cou…
I'm a 40 year old who concurs. I tend to think the gap is generational -or- personality type (oversharers).
I do like the find my iPhone feature, however. It could come in handy with family members in an emergency.
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#7I've always been skeeved out by the location sharing services; why do I want everybody to know where I am and what I'm doing? Perhaps this is generational (I'm almost 40) as almost everybody I know younger than myself happily checks in via Foursquare or Facebook, but the comment I had upon seeing the initial Loopt demo ("so now my boss can follow me around wherever I go?") retains. It could be generational, or it cou…
I don't believe it's just generational, but culture plays an important role in it. If a person's friends are over-sharers, chances are they themselves might be, too. Personally, I never saw the advantage of location sharing. I like to know what my friends are up to and I like telling them what I'm doing, and there are many tools and sites for doing that. Why do people have to give their geo coordinates to some creepy…
I think you're right about culture; also, there is a strong network effect to these services. The more your social circle uses them, the more benefit you will see from them. It's safe to say that my crowd just doesn't run with the over-sharing.
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#8I've always been skeeved out by the location sharing services; why do I want everybody to know where I am and what I'm doing? Perhaps this is generational (I'm almost 40) as almost everybody I know younger than myself happily checks in via Foursquare or Facebook, but the comment I had upon seeing the initial Loopt demo ("so now my boss can follow me around wherever I go?") retains. It could be generational, or it cou…
I don't think it's generational, you're old enough to be my father (sorry!) and I too share the same indifference towards them. I think it's a personal thing or maybe it's based on a persons social circle. For some people where socialising is their life it makes sense for them to share where they are when they're there, it allows friends (assuming they "follow" these people) to know "oh hey, they're at x I can join them!"
I'm not a social person who wants people to come join me when I'm buying stuff in real life and I'm sure you're not either, but there are people from every generation who are.
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#9Creepy guys will find a reason to awkwardly approach girls with or without Foursquare.
Not really the point here.
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#10Creepy guys will find a reason to awkwardly approach girls with or without Foursquare.
My thoughts too - if it wasn't Foursquare it'd be whatever other service they chose to use.
What's up with the comments on that entry as well? Feels like people are commenting to promote their own stuff; it's horrible.
[edit] Just checked out the Carrissa O'Brien twitter link - and her latest tweet has her location in it...