Foursquare is one of those things I stay far, FAR away from. The whole idea of it makes me twitchy.
Yes! Ohmigod! Someone's blondie bear's a twenty-question genius!
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Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Atropa - Aug 19, 2010 9:53:52 am PDT #18965 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 19, 2010 9:55:36 am PDT #18966 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
The Shrimp Incident is interesting but it's no Molasses Flood or Waltz Riot.
I know about the Molasses Flood, but not the Waltz Riot. Google is giving me no love.
§ ita § - Aug 19, 2010 10:00:00 am PDT #18967 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't get the appeal of broadcasting your location like that at all, and the idea of other people tagging me is horrific.
WHY A LAST MINUTE NOON CON CALL? Because life hates me, that's why.
amyth - Aug 19, 2010 10:00:48 am PDT #18968 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Foursquare and Gowalla get on my nerves. I joke around with some of my friends about becoming the mayor of places that nobody could give a shit about, like the warehouse my office resides in, or the electrical distribution center across the street.
Vortex - Aug 19, 2010 10:02:28 am PDT #18969 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Ever since I saw that episode of Criminal Minds where the unsub selected and stalked his victims through facebook (it had some fake name like "lookbook" on the show), I have been very judicious about my status updates.
Oddly, this came up at dinner last night, and L (who used to work at a social media company) told a story about a coworker who was always checking in on foursquare and got a call at the restaurant that she'd checked in at from a complete stranger, asking how she was doing.
shrift - Aug 19, 2010 10:03:36 am PDT #18970 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I understand the appeal of location services, but I'd rather not make it that easy to stalk me.
amyth - Aug 19, 2010 10:04:40 am PDT #18971 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
There's this guy that smonster and I are friends with on Facebook that we have nicknamed "easiest to assassinate" because he is constantly checking in wherever he goes. Buddy, I don't care where you eat every single meal, and its address, unless I'm a contract killer and I've got your name on a matchbook. In which case, thanks!
Jessica - Aug 19, 2010 10:07:03 am PDT #18972 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I was gonna link to pleaserobme.com but it looks like they've taken most of the site down. (They used to aggregate publically available location information as a way to demonstrate how much data people are putting out there. But I guess they recieved too many complaints.)
amyth - Aug 19, 2010 10:08:09 am PDT #18973 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
I linked to that on Facebook once. So creepy, so true!
Burrell - Aug 19, 2010 10:08:10 am PDT #18974 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I'm clearly out of the loop because I never heard of Foursquare before today, but I assume it's the reason why some of my FB friends seem to update every time they eat a meal out at a restaurant? yeah. Can't imagine doing that.