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Facebook Takes On FourSquare
An anonymous reader writes "Facebook Places is similar to FourSquare. You can go to places, 'check-in' so your friends know you're there, rate them, comment on them, and generally spew your opinions all over the internet as fast as your fingers can hit the keys. It's an obvious attempt by the company to muscle in on FourSquare's block, casting its influence ever further over us all." Now the question is, who at FourSquare turned down the offer, and how badly are they crapping their pants?
@Facebook has just ousted @Foursquare as the mayor of useless crap.
rate them, comment on them, and generally spew your opinions all over the internet as fast as your fingers can hit the keys.
Kinda funny when you think about it. A Slashdotter seeming to poke fun or have a bit of disgust for people who babble on and on about something... Doesn't sound like this place at all. Oh no.
I know what people do with it, but why do they do it?
They long dreamily for the stalkers the rest of us have and don't want.
I never used Foursquare, because it reminds of the game the retarded kids have to play at recess.
You obviously never played foursquare with weightlifters using a bouncy medicine ball...shit is intense.
Living With a Nerd
I hear every bar that you go to is more relevant than every bar I go to.
That's true. You should totally try my favorite bar, but it's pretty underground, so trust me, you've never heard of it.
I listen to bands so obscure they haven't been formed yet.
Someone should totally open up a bar for programmers. Just call it the Progress Bar.
You're thinking of the FUBAR, that's down the street.
My favorite bar is so popular, no one ever goes there because it is too crowded.
I see the problem here.
You and your friends go to the mall.
Q: How many hipsters does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
A: It's some obscure number, you've never heard of it.
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I have an iPhone 4, I have no bars whereever I go.
Tell your friends about xenu.net
I had a conversation with a hipster the other day... Keep in mind I grew up in the 70's and 80's:
Hipster: "I had LCD Soundsystem's debut album before they recorded it."
Me: "i liked LCD Soundystem better when they were Gil-Scott Heron."
Him: "I stopped listening to the Arcade Fire years ago."
Me: "I liked Arcade Fire better when they were The Cure."
Him: "I listened to 80's music in the 90's."
Me: "I hated 80's music in the 70's."
Him: "I buy demo tapes on CD and transfer them to vinyl."
Me: "In 1981 I bought a Sony PCM-F1 and recorded digital on VHS."
Him: "I bought a $3000 Mac to run an NES Emulator."
Me: "I hacked my Atari VCS to make international phonecalls."
Him: "My other computer is an Amstrad."
Me: "I sold my Amstrad to some hipster shmuck for 10x what I paid... Hey..."
Him: "Back in the day we only had 8-bit colors."
Me: "Back in my day, we didn't have colors. We had A color... Amber, white or green."
Him: "I watched Ninja Warrior when it was called Sasuke."
Me: "I watched Power Rangers when it was called Voltron."
Him: "I was the first kid on my block to play Mortal Kombat."
Me: "I was the only kid on my block to own "Pac Man Fever" by Buckner & Garcia."
Him: "I played the first popular FPS, Wolfenstein 3-D."
Me: "I have Silas Warner's original Wolfenstein... in 2-D."
Him: "I listened to Massive Attack before House made their music popular."
Me: "I listened to Massive Attack when they had lyrics."
Him: "Oh yeah, I buy corduroy pants from the thrift store."
Me: "I gave my corduroy pants from third grade to the thrift store. You're wearing them."
Speak for yourself. I've got 20/20 tunnel vision.
Nonsense.. It's merely encapsulated to prevent casual observers from seeing what's going on inside.
https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere
I know what you do on Slashdot but why do you do it?
For the chicks.
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