I have a few issues with foursquare, not the “I was never loved as a child and used to kill and cut open small animals” type issues, no the ones thats like “oh fuck I’ve been robbed” issues. Want me to explain? Of course you do, otherwise you woulda been smart to quit out page already…
from wikipedia (of course):
Foursquare is a location-based social networking website, software for mobile devices, and game. Users “check-in” at venues using text messaging or a device specific application[1]. They are then awarded points and sometimes “badges.”
Right, so people get points and badges and other shiney things when they give away their location? Does’nt this mean hypothetically (word auto-correct WIN!) someone could track when a foursquare user is at home (yes they even post where they live) and when they’re away, so they can rob their home or something? Suppose the same could be applied to Twitter and someones home answering machine telling that they’re away on holidays, although it does’nt actively give away their freakin’ location.
In another respect people could play with Foursquare, if a kids parents actively look at their kids Twitter, FaceBook or Foursquare updates just to know where they are and be a “better” parent, a kid could buff saying he/she/it (gotta think of the hermaphrodites out there) are in school/at a friends house/etc. Like I know of people who setup a secondary Twitter or Facebook account for this sorta reason.
Eh I dunno who even reads this stuff anyway?
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