Kommentare zu: Foursquare. Seven days in Frankfurt.

Von: 2010. The year of realistic self-assessment. | davaidavai.com

2010. The year of realistic self-assessment. | davaidavai.com — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:37:39 +0000

[...] communities, does not mean it’s relevant for anybody else than the usual suspects. Yes, I love Foursquare. But in my hometown Frankfurt maybe 200 players have registered…in a city of 600K. [...]

Von: ysamjo

ysamjo — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:55:25 +0000

Ok,
I've tried both foursquare and Gowalla for the last two weeks.
Here's my impressions http://web-mastered.de/post/273021452/foursquar...

Von: Frank Wenz

Frank Wenz — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:13:03 +0000

Habe auch die erste Woche Foursqaure hinter mir. Das Konzept/Spielansatz/Badges ist in der Tat interessant. Wird er sich durchsetzen? Ich glaube eher nicht. Und das aus verschiedenen Gründen: Das Spiel irgendwo Mayor zu sein wird mit der Zeit langweilig werden. Der Infonutzen ist eher gering – die Datensubstanz in D ist unterirdisch – und wird anderweitig – Qype oder Verzeichnisse – besser abgedeckt. Es sind zu wenige der Real-Life-Freunde im Netzwerk. Fraglich ist auch, ob die Monetarisierung funktioniert. Vermutlich wird aber Idee an anderer Stelle mit mehr Netzwerksynergien und Monetarisierungsoptionen umgesetzt und bleibt der Welt somit erhalten.

Von: jochen

jochen — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:01:17 +0000

ich komm nach frankfurt

Von: ghensel

ghensel — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:28:01 +0000

Well you know how things start and where they end up. By what I heard it is currently simply not so well scalable. This is a company of a bunch of people who are pretty overwhelmed by the success they have. Initially there probably was no plan for “What happens if we have worldwide success.”

Von: The German collectors – reasoning why Germany will be Gowalla territory, not Foursquare

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:43:26 +0000

[...] only one writing about this last night. Martin seems undecided on who will win in Europe, while Gerald has an in-depth look at Foursquare and his first week playing with it hardcore (a great [...]

Von: ysamjo

ysamjo — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:42:26 +0000

So perhaps you can tell me, what's the f*** reason they limited the service to specific cities!? The official faq and tumblr sites don't explain it.
I can't think of a advantage foursquare gets through limitation; the venues are crowdsourced anyway.

Von: facebook-652228273

facebook-652228273 — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:04:50 +0000

And Munich is in already! Muss ich natürlich gleich mal ausprobieren!

Von: ghensel

ghensel — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:44:26 +0000

Foursquare is just the first step into a really interesting new direction.
Forget about social. Everything is social. But think about all the cool new
things we can do now. My first week with Foursquare showed me a lot of
dynamic which evolve when a new technology is available. Just 50 people are
members? I don't care. I now know what the concept can do. And that is the
cool thing about Foursquare or of what comes next.

2009/11/27 Disqus <>

Von: Jeremy Abbett

Jeremy Abbett — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:41:12 +0000

“I will stay the mayor of my employer Neue Digitale / Razorfish…. In fact, it’s pretty funny to see who’s the mayor of your favourite dive bar…”

So, according to the above quote Neue Digitale / Razorfish is the your favorite dive bar? j/k

Nice write up on foursquare. I think the main thing (which you touch upon) is that foursquare takes all these loose-ends (location, popularity, ownership, etc.) and ties them nicely together using the basic element most of us have in us: competition. I think the “game” aspect will become more apparent in our everyday lives as services are able to make these elements tangible. Something for advertising to build upon before they go down in a fiery ball of molten ash