Happy
Foursquare Day! It's 4.16.16, and my first check-in was five years ago so Happy 5th Anniversary Foursquare! :)
I went to an interview for an IT company a few years back, and they asked me which social media I use daily, my answer was
Facebook, Foursquare, and
Google+. They asked you don't use
Twitter? I have a Twitter account, but I rarely use it. The manager told me, "you're weird" because I use Foursquare but not Twitter.
In this blog post, I will list down four reasons why I love and use Foursquare and Swarm.
1. Personal Travel History
Every time I check-in, I create a history of where I have been. This blog is a more extended version of that history, but Foursquare and Swarm is the detailed version. I could quickly check what I did on August 4, 2011, or any other date after April 16, 2011.
2. Privacy
I came to a point when I thought sharing on Facebook about where I am, or my food and travel photo is too much. I mean, I don't want to flood my friends, acquaintances, colleagues, and other people who follow me with unnecessary things. That's when Swarm comes in. I only have 13 friends in Foursquare compared to the more than 800 on Facebook, and I usually remove Foursquare friends who don't use it anymore. So all my activities are shared there like food photos, 140-character story, and tagged friends.
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| 1,326 Photos and 13 Friends |
3. Map Data Visualization
This feature had tremendously improved the last five years, and by far this is the
main reason I use Swarm. It creates a map of my check-ins.
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| I've been to 10 Countries! Here's an overview of Asia. |
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| Focusing on my Home Country - The Philippines |
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| Places in BC Canada |
4. Food Search
There's no denying that I love to eat and explore restaurants. I also don't like repeating restaurants, so that's when Foursquare comes in. I get to search for Food in specific places (or nearby) and filter based on "Places you haven't been," "Open now," and sorted by Rating. I usually rely on Foursquare on where to eat. Seriously, Foursquare recommendation usually decides where I eat.
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| Searching Food in Downtown Vancouver |
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| Sort by Rating, Filter by Places I haven't been and Open Now |
Bonus Reason. The Timehop app is becoming a daily habit for me because it allows me to "time travel" to the past and check all my photos and posts from years ago. Moreover, I found out that Timehop was created during a Foursquare hackathon. Perfect app combo!
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