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Re: The New Foursquare

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Post by skwirl »

I'm wondering if anyone is considering building a new version of what Foursquare used to be. If this were was built and done well and had a point system, mayorships, badges, etc. and allowed me to browse and export my old check-ins, I would use it, and I'm sure you'd get a reasonable initial userbase just off of disgruntled Foursquare users.

It's certainly not a small project. I'm not sure how you get the initial list of locations. I also know Foursquare collects data about wifi networks to pinpoint your location, and that may be hard to replicate. But there's definitely a void here to be filled.

Re: The New Foursquare

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Post by nevi-me »

lukasm wrote: post #36
nevi-me wrote: post #8

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3.2Ghz i7, 16GB Ram, SSD Windows, landing page seems ok, even with the processor on power-saving mode. Does your browser's CPU count increase significantly?

Yes 100%. I'm using Chrome. I could by any plugin or extension that I'm using (Chrome Helper is 89%) Flashblock, AdBlock etc. On the other side, timeline says that I my FPS is below 30 with many spikes caused by render and paint. Hmmm.

Yea, could be a plugin or something else. Also on Chrome, and didn't see any spikes

Re: The New Foursquare

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Post by rdl »

jvm wrote: post #55
rdl wrote: post #54

I got really fed up with the forced move to Swarm a while ago, because I only really care about two parts of Foursquare -- a log of my own checkins, and tips at places once I've already arrived. I generally use Yelp or Google for discovering-new-venues, e.g. "search, nearby, chinese restaurant". I ended up deleting both apps; I'll give it a try again in a few weeks to see if the integration got better, but it felt li…

> search, nearby, chinese restaurant Have you tried using 4sq for this? I actually find it's quite good at it, and honestly the filters and interface are way nicer than Yelp.

Yelp is good enough for this, especially for stuff like "open now".

Re: The New Foursquare

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Post by TarpitCarnivore »

abakker wrote: post #60
mbesto wrote: post #50

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The beauty of Yelp is that you don't have to read them! The power is in the fact that reviews are aggregated ("..and the fish is amazing!") and that you can search within them. Sometimes I wanna search "oysters" to see if their oysters are any good. Let's say out of 100 reviews one mentions oysters - at least now I have an idea what to expect about oysters, whereas in Foursquare this may not have even been documented…

Except that that aggregated data frequently aggregate useless info into a very reductive score. If I go to a $ restaurant, I don't value a poor review which bases itself on poor service. If I'm paying $10 a plate, I can handle almost any level of service if the food is good. It's a sliding scale though, at $$$$ I would rate the service related review more highly. I would LOVE if yelp let people rate reviews, as well…

They do let you rate reviews which will filter upwards, but the "power users" always win out. The problem is the power users are the ones who write the long winded reviews.

Re: The New Foursquare

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Post by gdilla »

schainan wrote: post #47
gdilla wrote: post #42

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but I HATE that once in swarm, you bounce me back to Foursquare to see what's good here, after not allowing me to check in in Foursquare. It's so maddening.

The thing is, in practice bouncing directly to that view in another app is about the same as bouncing to a separate view in the same app. Try it with the new Foursquare + Swarm. I was just as skeptical at first, but it really does work pretty well. Honestly here's the old flow: 1. Hit check in 2. Pick venue 3. Type text, pick people you're with, etc 4. Hit confirm 5. Tap through insights 6. Tap to venue page Now here…

ok... but why do always get bounced to Swarm to checkin if i start in FS?

Re: The New Foursquare

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Post by acquiHire2014 »

untog wrote: post #5
acquiHire2014 wrote: post #2

They've sacrificed their core of users who supplied all of the checkins and tips in order to try to kill Yelp. Problem was, only those loyal users were ever convinced that they were better than yelp. Now that they've chosen the foursquare name, which is synonymous with checkins, for their Yelp clone, it seems like they haven't thought out... 1. If the checkin users leave because Swarm is stupid and eliminates everyth…

Yelp but with shorter reviews That's actually something I really want. I'm sick of reading "My fiancee and I were walking down Main St, browsing restaurants, when we happened to notice . She likes fish, so we were looking for fish dishes..." As for the rest of it - you're likely right. But the old Foursquare wasn't generating money. So either you abandon your hardcore users by shutting down, or you attempt to move th…

Fully agree, that's why I don't use yelp and preferred just the bite-sized reviews. The twitter style reviews managed to all impart useful info in a time frame I can consume between door of restaurant (begin check-in) and table (already have 3 inspirations on what to order).

Sadly most of my friends who don't use foursquare haven't seen it my way.

But my point is, they're still building and supporting 1 check-in app... If they'd just called that one foursquare and not remove any features, and make a new app for the rest of the world, they could still pursue that larger group of non-obsessed users that they need without alienating the people who would be happy to keep supplying them with behavioral data and content forever.

Re: The New Foursquare

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Post by achompas »

rdl wrote: post #73
jvm wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> search, nearby, chinese restaurant Have you tried using 4sq for this? I actually find it's quite good at it, and honestly the filters and interface are way nicer than Yelp.

Yelp is good enough for this, especially for stuff like "open now".

4sq offers this as well
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