Why I quit Foursquare.

Location, location, location. The latest craze in social networking. With the rise of smartphones and data plans 'checking in' has become somewhat of a craze (or so various tech sites/blogs will lead you to believe). Me not wanting to be left out gave it a shot (for quite awhile!):



Yes, that's almost 2000 check-ins.

Yes, that's commercial-broadway the skytrain station, one of the busiest stations in Vancouver.

First the good things about Foursquare:
- Awesome apps for the Android, BB, iPhone platforms
All the apps work, have decent UI and are easy if not enjoyable to use.
- Deals offered by businesses

Saving money is always awesome!
- Ability to decide when to check-in and whether to check-in anonymously (allows one to check-in but does not reveal location).

Great idea! (Although kinda useless, this pretty much voids the entire idea of a check-in)
- Mayorships (fun competition)

I won't lie, I was addicted to this. Now though it seems like such a waste of time.

The bad:
- no iPad app

Seriously, even Gowalla (one of your competitors) has an iPad app. A 'company' as big as Foursquare needs to have apps for all platforms, especially if they want/need more users (see below).
- Few deals in Canada

So there's this awesomeish deal at Starbucks. If you're the mayor you get $ off! (Try getting a mayorship at Starbucks, most of them are held by employees). Besides that there are only a few deals around (all within the city Vancouver...or at least the ones I found)

- Cheats

They've greatly improved, one can no longer check-in from miles away. However, this is still a bit of a problem.
- No friends use this thing.
This is the main reason I'm quitting. (Foursquare NEEDS more users.) At the end of the day Foursquare is supposed to be a social thing...and it isn't. So I'm sorry, I gave it my best shot, let me know when you come up with a foolproof way to attract users.

TL;DR Foursquare doesn't have enough users.