As a self-proclaimed social media diva, I pride myself in being in the know when it comes to the latest and greatest the web and the iPhone have to offer. But I have to tell you, I’ve been resisting foursquare and still admittedly just don’t get it.
It appears to be a lot like brightkite, which I stopped using more than a year ago because it seemed to more more of a creepy stalker-type tool than social media. Sorry, makers of brightkite! But as a single woman I’m not so sure I need random strangers knowing exactly where I am every minute of the day.
So again, I’ve been resisting foursquare. But since there’s an iPhone app (along with Blackberry, Android and Palm Pre) and it’s free, I figured I’d check it out anyway. For those of you like me have no clue what it’s about here’s how the website describes it:
“foursquare is a cross between a friend-finder, a social city-guide and a game that rewards you for doing interesting things. We aim to build things to not only help you keep up with the places your friends go, but that encourage you to discover new places and challenge you to explore your neighborhood in new ways.”
Last weekend someone I know who’s about as addicted to Twitter as I am, said I needed to sign up. He said one of the cool things is it’s actually more social IRL (in real life) than Twitter is.
And apparently the coolest part is you can become “The Mayor” of places you frequent
Hello! I’m Miss Attitude, so why do I need to be “The Mayor” of anything?
“If you’ve been to a place more than anyone else we’ll crown you the “The Mayor” of that place. We see lots of bars and cafes now offering “Mayor Specials” – a free coffee or appetizer or maybe a special discount to the mayors of their venues. Watch out though – once someone else comes along who has checked-in more times that you, they can steal the “Mayor” title back from you,” according to foursquare’s site.
I do like some free stuff, but is it worth some potential creepy guy following me around Tampa Bay? I’m not so sure.
Now, look I’m not trying to rain on anyone’s parade here. If you are a huge foursquare fan, please tell me why you like it and why I should give it more of a chance.
Stylishly yours,
Miss Attitude
Tags: apps, attitude, foursquare, iphone, miss attitude, social media, wtf
i’m addicted to foursquare….
i think you can nip the creepy guy following you stuff if you 1) don’t actually add the address of your home if you start checking in there, 2) actual foursquare checkins aren’t public… only your freind see them, but if you feed them to twitter obviously they are out their for people to see
i tried britekite a while ago too, and yes that was creepy…
i’d say try it for at least a month
I just don’t get it.
I really don’t. Maybe that’s because subconsciously I know I can’t handle another timesuck in my life. 
I just don’t get it. I couldn’t even stay current with BrightKite!
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