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==Badges==
==Badges==
{{main|List of Foursquare Badges}}
These badges can be earned in any city.

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
Badges can be either system-wide, or city-centric.
|-
! Badge
! Awarded for...
|-
| Newbie
| First check-in
|-
| Adventurer
| 10 check-ins to unique venues
|-
| Explorer
| 25 check-ins to unique venues
|-
| Superstar
| 50 check-ins to unique venues
|-
| Bender
| Checking in 4 nights in a row
|-
| Crunked
| Checking in to four or more venues in one night (after 6pm)
|-
| Local
| Checking in at the same venue 3 times in 1 week
|-
| Super User
| Checking in 30 times in one month
|-
| Player Please
| Checking in with three members of the opposite sex
|-
| School Night
| Checking in after 3am on a school night
|-
| Don't Stop Believin'
| Checking in 3 times to venues tagged "karaoke"
|-
| Gym Rat<ref>[http://foursquare.com/user/verdilak/badges/32633 Gym Rat badge]</ref>
| Checking in 10 times to venues tagged 'gym' in 30 days
|-
| Yard Bird<ref>[http://foursquare.com/img/badge/harvard.png]</ref>
| "Congrats on mastering Harvard Yard on Foursquare! You're looking (and acting) smarter all the time."
|-
| Overshare
| 10 or more checkins in 12 hours
|-
| Animal House<ref>[http://foursquare.com/user/signine/badges/32081 Animal House badge]</ref>
| "Off the Wagon appreciates your business. COLLEGE!" (This may be an NYC-specific badge.)
|-
| Webby<ref>[http://foursquare.com/user/brianvan/badges/22818 Webby badge]</ref>
| "A wise microcelebrity once said: 'I won a Webby' is the new 'I have a website.' You may not have be named King or Queen tonight, but please accept this Webby as a token of just how special we think you are."
|-
| Douchebag<ref>[http://foursquare.com/user/Therealdiddy/badges/32486 Douchebag badge]</ref>
| Check in to venue(s) tagged "douchebag".
|-
| Photogenic<ref>[http://foursquare.com/user/adamjackson/badges/28446 Photogenic badge]</ref>
| Checking in at three places with a photo booth
|-
| Ziggy's Wagon<ref>[http://foursquare.com/user/mishmashed/badges/32833 Ziggy's Wagon badge (NY)]</ref><ref>[http://foursquare.com/user/faolon/badges/40288 Ziggy's Wagon badge (SF)]</ref>
| "Waffles and tacos and dumplings and BBQ and... looks like you've found 3 of your city's legendary food trucks. Enjoy!"
|-
| 16 Candles<ref>[http://foursquare.com/img/badge/birthday_big.png 16 Candles]</ref>
| "Treat yourself to another cupcake – that’s 5 birthday shoutouts from you!"
|-
| Babysitter<ref>[http://foursquare.com/img/badge/playground_big.png Babysitter]</ref>
| "Forget those “Bender” and “Crunked” badges – you’ve conquered the playground circuit!"
|-
| BFF<ref>[http://foursquare.com/img/badge/bff_big.png BFF]</ref>
| "&#9835; The only one for me is you, and you for me &#9835; 10 checkins togeeetthhherrrr! &#9835;"
|-
| CES 2010<ref>[http://foursquare.com/img/badge/ces2010_big.png CES 2010]</ref>
| "Congrats! Your checkin to the Las Vegas Convention Center just unlocked the CES Badge. Welcome to the world’s largest and coolest tech show!"
|-
| Dot Com Baller<ref>[http://foursquare.com/img/badge/money.png]</ref>
| "Look at you in your fancy suit up on that fancy roof! You're the Young Jeezy of the NY Tech scene!"
|-
| Engaged
| "I got engaged on foursquare and here’s the badge to prove it."
|-
| Entourage<ref>[http://foursquare.com/img/badge/entourage_big.png Entourage]</ref>
| "Look at you, all checking-in with 10 of your friends in tow! Can you be any more popular?"
|-
| I’m on a boat!<ref>[http://foursquare.com/img/badge/boat_big.png I’m on a boat!]</ref>
| "&#9835; This ain’t Seaworld, this is as real as it gets / I’m on a boat, MF’er, don’t you ever forget! &#9835;"
|-
| Intel – All Ears<ref>[http://foursquare.com/img/badge/intel_all_ears_big.png Intel – All Ears]</ref>
| "Shhhhhhhhh! Otellini speaks! Intel + CES 2010 FTW!"
|-
| Intel Insider<ref>[http://foursquare.com/img/badge/intel_insider_big.png Intel Insider]</ref>
| "Intel would like to welcome you to CES! Remember, what happens in Vegas ends up on FourSquare, Twitter and Facebook. Drinks on us!"
|-
| Intel – Work It<ref>[http://foursquare.com/img/badge/intel_work_it_big.png Intel – Work It]</ref>
| "Thanks for joining Intel at CES! Exercise that Core!"
|-
| JetSetter<ref>[http://foursquare.com/img/badge/jetsetter_big.png JetSetter]</ref>
| "Hopping around the world one airport at a time… congrats on your 5th airport checkin and safe travels!"
|-
| Jobs<ref>[http://foursquare.com/user/srcasm/badges/441858 Jobs]</ref>
| "3 Apple Store checkins! Show this badge to the hipster at the Genius Bar to redeem your new Apple Hoverboard! (… or not)"
|-
| Mr. Bill<ref>[http://foursquare.com/img/badge/mrbill.png]</ref>
| "Mr. Bill: Oh nooo! Mr. Bill! (and happy bday from Eris + team foursquare!)"
|-
| Pizzaiolo<ref>[http://foursquare.com/img/badge/pizza_big.png Pizzaiolo]</ref>
| "This badge is reserved only for the true pizza connoisseur: slices from 20 different pizza places. Well done!"
|-
| Trifecta<ref>[http://foursquare.com/img/badge/trifecta.png]</ref>
| "Name-Brand Party Trifecta! You hit 3 of the big 6: Frog / Digg / Facebook / Goog / 32-Bit / The Decider"
|-
| Road Warrior<ref>[http://foursquare.com/img/badge/waze_big.png Road Warrior aka Waze]</ref>
| "You’re making the world a mappier place one checkin at a time!"
|-
| Super Mayor<ref>[http://foursquare.com/img/badge/supermayor_big.png Super Mayor]</ref>
| "A special shoutout for holding down 10 mayorships at once!"
|-
| Swarm<ref>[http://foursquare.com/img/badge/swarm_big.png Swarm]</ref>
| "50+ people are also checked-in here – it’s a foursquare flashmob!"
|-
| Warhol<ref>[http://foursquare.com/img/badge/gallery_big.png Warhol]</ref>
| "That sure is a nice collection of art gallery checkins (10 different galleries!)"
|-
| Zoetrope<ref>[http://foursquare.com/user/willotoons/badges/443274 Zoetrope]</ref>
| "That brings you to 10 movie theater checkins! Now, can you pick us up a large popcorn while you’re up?"
|-
| Gossip Girl
|
|}


== City-Specific Badges ==
== City-Specific Badges ==

Revision as of 17:01, 27 January 2010

For other uses, see Four square (disambiguation).
Foursquare
GenreSocial Networking
PredecessorDodgeball
FoundedMarch 2009
FounderDennis Crowley and Naveen Selvadurai
Key people
Dennis Crowley, Naveen Selvadurai, Harry Heymann, Tristan Walker
Number of employees
7
Websitehttp://foursquare.com

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." The service was created by Dennis Crowley and Naveen Selvadurai; Crowley had previously founded the similar project Dodgeball, which Google bought and shelved in 2009. The website has about 170,000 members[2].

Overview

Foursquare allows registered users to connect with friends and update their location. Points are awarded on weekends and non-business hours for "checking in" at venues. Users can choose to have their Twitter and/or their Facebook accounts updated when they check in. In version 1.3 of their iPhone application, Foursquare enabled push-notification of friend updates, which they call "Pings." Users can earn badges by checking in at locations with certain tags or for check-in frequency[3]. The company has stated that users will be able to add their own custom badges to the site in the future. If a user has checked-in to a venue more than anyone else, on separate days, and they have a profile photo, they will be crowned "Mayor" of that venue, until someone else earns the title.[4] Users can create a "To Do" list for their private use and add "Tips" to venues that other users can read.[5]

Foursquare was previously available in only 100 worldwide metro areas[6], including Amsterdam, Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Dallas / Fort Worth, Denver, Detroit, Helsinki, Houston, Las Vegas, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis / St. Paul, New York City, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto, Washington, D.C.,Seoul and Bombay in India. In January 2010, Foursquare changed their location model to allow check-ins from any location worldwide. [7] The service has 100,000 users internationally.[8]

Foursquare currently has an iPhone, Android, and Palm webOS application and is working on applications for BlackBerry and the Windows Mobile[9]. Both the Blackberry and webOS clients are currently in beta testing.


Badges

Main article: List of Foursquare Badges

Badges can be either system-wide, or city-centric.

City-Specific Badges

Some cities have city-specific badges that can only be earned in a specific city. Foursquare has, however, changed the way they handle badges, and now when a user gains a badge, he or she has the same badges across all cities.

Austin

Many Austin badges are actually specific to the SxSW conferences.

Badge Awarded for...
Survival[10] Survived SxSW
Porky[11] "Oink oink, you filthy little BBQ lover"
Karaoke RV[12] "You found the Karaoke RV! Now go queue up some GnR! 'You know where you are? You're in the jungle baby!'"
Slut[13] "Three different hotels! You're like the Paris Hilton / Bret Michaels of SXSW!"
Far Far Away[14] "Well done escaping downtown Austin - though $5 bucks says you're at Salt Lick :)"
Party Crasher[15] "What else did you expect checking-in with foursquare at the Brightkite party? Anyone down for a dance off?"
Panel Nerd[16] Three check-ins at the Austin Convention Center before noon.

New York City

Badge Awarded for...
Brooklyn 4 Life[17] 25+ unique check-ins in Brooklyn (checking into the same location 5x, only counts as one towards this badge.) You get the badge on your 26th check-in.
Far Far Away[18] "Welcome to the world above 59th street!"
Internetz Week[19] "Welcome to internet week! Five new badges for the next five days! What, wait.. no free drinks here? NEXT PARTY!"
I'm on a Boat[20] "? I'm riding a dolphin doing flips and shit / This dolphin's splashing, getting everybody all wet / But this ain't Seaworld, this is as real as it gets / I'm on a boat, motherfucker, don't you ever forget! ?"
Boxee Fan[21] "You took the L train to Brooklyn to attend a software party! Pretty hardcore."

San Francisco

Badge Awarded for...
Socialite[22] Check in at four venues where socialites hang out (such as fancy hotel bars)

"Keep this up and you're going to end up on Valleywag with Julia Allison."

Thriving Ivory[23] "You've checked-in at Thriving Ivory's Fillmore show. Head to the merchandise table and show your TI badge to score some free swag!"
Trainspotter[24] "Driving around SF is soooo 2008, hence the special shoutout for your 10th BART checkin. Public transportation is the new Prius!"

Washington, DC

Superuser Status

The service provides three levels of "Superuser status" (which is not to be confused with the Superuser badge). Superuser status is conferred on users who check in frequently or enter new venue information into Foursquare.

  • Superuser level 1 can edit venue info (address, cross street, Twitter names), mark places as "closed", and let Foursquare know about duplicate venues.
  • Superuser level 2 can edit venues and merge duplicate venue listings.
  • Superuser level 3 adds the ability to create venue aliases and delete fake/spam listings.

With the Foursquare API there are now applications and websites that augment the official website. A few that have recently been built:

Application Developers Description
SocialGreat Bill Piel, Jon Steinberg, Sam Lessin Tracking venue trends and popularity based on foursquare checkins
Layar Johannes la Poutré and Johan Schaap Layar is an augmented reality browser that can overlay foursquare data on top of a display of the physical world
foursquare local specials Arthur Klepchukov A Yahoo Pipe that basically monitors the foursquare site for new local venues with foursquare specials
Where Do You Go Steven Lehrburger Generates a visual heat map of checkins for a specific user

See also

References

  1. ^ Washington Post: "SXSW: Foursquare Scores Despite Its Flaws"
  2. ^ Tweet from @TristinWalker of Foursquare December 20, 2009
  3. ^ "Foursqure Badges Help Page"
  4. ^ Foursquare Help Page
  5. ^ New York Times - Bits Blog: "Foursquare Seeks to Turn Nightlife Into a Game"
  6. ^ "Foursquare Goes Global With Launch in 50 New Cities"
  7. ^ "Foursquare. Everywhere."
  8. ^ [http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-sun-foursquare-1129nov29,0,2940136.story" Foursquare may bounce social media into money-making mode"
  9. ^ "Foursquare Twitter Page"
  10. ^ Survival badge
  11. ^ Porky badge
  12. ^ Karaoke RV badge
  13. ^ Slut badge
  14. ^ Far Far Away (Austin) badge
  15. ^ Party Crasher badge
  16. ^ Panel Nerd badge
  17. ^ Brooklyn 4 Life badge
  18. ^ Far Far Away (New York) badge
  19. ^ Internetz Week badge
  20. ^ I'm on a Boat badge
  21. ^ Boxee Fan
  22. ^ [1]
  23. ^ [2]
  24. ^ [3]
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