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Foursquare
Last discussed Oct 8, 2026
A location-based social media app that allowed users to check in at venues and earn badges.
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Joe Gebbia
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"You needed people being comfortable sharing their location. So Foursquare, that was a big deal when that came out."
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vs: Used as a historical analog to INTVL's territory-claiming gamification mechanic
"One thing that made me think of right away was Foursquare. You guys remember where you become the mayor? You would check in at your favorite coffee shop or arcade or whatever bar and you could become like the mayor of that place."
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Amy Webb
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"If you go back in time to the original crop of location-based network social media apps. So that would have been Foursquare, Gowala, Scavenger. Everybody got the trend wrong."
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