Mass mingling is set to be the next big thing in social networking. I guess it all just goes full circle, hm? From meet-ups to cyberspace hang out places and back to the meatspace. With all the mobile tech we’ve got at our disposal, it has become massively easy to update our status from practically anywhere. Because of that, we can easily tell all our friends where we are at all times, if ever we want to hang out.
Now, of course you can do that through Twitter or Facebook, but Foursquare was designed specifically for mass mingling purposes. It’s really a lot like a game. There are these things called venues; and they are exactly what you think they are- they’re places. With each venue, you can add tips about what to do there. Like, for example, you have your favorite bar, you can say “order their fantastic margarita.” Now, everyone who checks out that venue will have an idea of what that place has to offer.
Users get points and eventually badges for checking into venues marked by his/her friends. There are a ton of things you can earn by checking into venues repeatedly. Let’s say that you and your friends love a certain watering hole somewhere down at Pasay Road. If you go there and check-in with your phone, you get points. If you go there the most, you become the mayor of that area. I’m sure it’ll get pretty fun and competitive soon.
The beauty of Foursquare is that it was really designed to be mobile. It has an iPhone, Android, Palm, webOS, BlackBerry, and Windows Mobile application versions.
With FourSquare, you can keep tabs on your stats, such as frequency of visiting a certain venue and things like that. The more points and stats you accumulate (the more you use it, basically), you unlock better status and more customization options.
Check out FourSquare here and add people up! It’ll be a blast!


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