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Facebook Takes On FourSquare

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the no-thank-you dept.

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?

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  1. frist psot! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st lol

  2. All of us? by bsDaemon · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I quit Facebook. and I quit Twitter. Accounts deleted. I never used Foursquare, because it reminds of the game the retarded kids have to play at recess. In fact, given what I know if it, its pretty apt. SO, who is this "all of us" that these companies have a hold on?

  3. Re:Heh! by larry+bagina · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    idle section much?

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  4. ZOMG Facebook Took Over "dontpaniconline" TOO by idontgno · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "Server is too busy. Please try visiting us in a few minutes."

    No, wait, that's Slashdot taking over that blog. Never mind. Carry on.

    (So much for reading TFA.)

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  5. journalism of this slashdot article by digitalsushi · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Is actually awesome; Taco asks who is crapping their pants, and my entitlement to complain about journalistic professionalism gets shut down by the realization that I come here to talk shop with other greasy dorks in our own vernacular.

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  6. Re:Foursquare? Never heard of it. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Same here. I had never heard about it until someone on an airplane mentioned it to me. Sounds completely stupid too.

  7. Re:Easy Answer by dargon · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If I had mod points, you'd get 1.

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