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Why can't i check in from the website?
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13You can checkin from the mobile website: http://m.playfoursquare.com -
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1For now, we do not support check-ins on foursquare.com, but you can use m.foursquare.com (or the new Firefox plugin that David mentions!) to check in. We don't encourage browser check ins since it's a slippery slope for false check-ins. We do want to have the best use experience for the most number of people, and of course we want you all to be able to enjoy and utilize foursquare. But ultimately, foursquare is a mobile utility, so we'll continue to put most of our efforts into creating and improving the mobile app versions. That said, we're still making improvements to the mobile site (m.foursquare.com or foursquare.com/mobile) and did just release some fixes that should improve problems people were having recently.
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the mobile web will automatically prompt you to add a new location if it doesn't know about it. if multiple places match your input, it'll give you a chooser. -
The idea is to "get out and do stuff" and with that in mind, we've only given you ways to check-in when you're mobile: over SMS, using mobile web or the iPhone app.
We want the website to be more of a backend 'admin' tool that you use to aggregate your to-dos and see activity and stats and ...
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4I believe it comes down to the fact that the risk/reward ratio just isn't there. First, laptops represent, at most just a couple percentage points at most of the 4sq user base at best. Mobile website usage was at 7% of all usage in February, but that 7% included some leftover BlackBerry users (the BB-native app was just released then, not all had yet switched) and phone users for whom there was no native app yet -- including S60 (practically non-existent in the U.S. but 70%+ smartphone OS marketshare in the rest of the world) and Windows Mobile, as well as web-capable "feature phones" with a smartphone OS.
Now it's true, laptops are indeed mobile, but the hierarchy of geolocation goes GPS > cell tower > wifi -- laptops are automatically going to be using the least-accurate location mechanism whereas phones only fall back on that method. So not only would 4sq have to build an entirely new layer on top of their website, one which would only really be of benefit to maybe 2 or 3 people out of 100, but they'd have to relax their geolocation standards for such check-ins to account for wifi inaccuracies. However, these loose reins wouldn't only be available to those 2-3% of the user base the website check-ins were intended to help, it would be available to everyone, everywhere. This is the slippery slope Chrysanthe mentioned in that post pinned at the top: suddenly every user, period, would have access to easy cheating.
It's true that it's currently still possible for some cheating to take place; chances are that will never be eliminated 100%, that's just a fact of life. However, means to do so are, at the very least, currently hidden away and it takes a slightly more than casual effort to employ them. Opening the service to check-ins from the main website would, by definition, put easy cheating directly in front of 100% of the user base, for the sole purpose of maybe helping 2-3%. I can see where they don't consider that to be worth the consequences.
Addendum: if you're a Firefox user, I'd look into the http://www.foursquarefox.com/ link provided in the post directly above your first. Also, I see you're using an E71; that runs the S60 OS, correct? The S60 application Gravity added 4sq functionality a couple months back; see here for more information: http://aboutfoursquare.com/foursquare... -- I haven't used it personally, but I know that many people used to rant here about the lack of an S60-native app, then later began using the Gravity features and posted back here to say how much they liked it. That might also be of interest to you (at least, when you're not roaming). -
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Mike Crandall February 07, 2011 21:19Yes - but as mentioned above, "you still earn badges & points through that site - just not mayorships."EditDeleteRemove
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Mike Crandall February 07, 2011 21:19Yes - but as mentioned above, "you still earn badges & points through that site - just not mayorships."EditDeleteRemove
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1It's rather silly for me to checkin using the mobile web site from a computer, when in many cases, I'm not toting around my computer and just want to checkin to let friends know where I am.
I'll be holding out for some other company similar to FS or just not using it as much, since the search function on 4sqmobile.com is rotten to null, and since the actual FS mobile site does not even load on my phone.
PS - let me stress again, points and badges and whatnot, are not an issue for me or of much importance.-
AGREE!
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I'm not sure how much more help we can be to you at this point. This forum is primarily a users-helping-other-users forum. We dont have control over the product, we are just here to provide you answers to problems/questions.
I think you said it well that non-smartphone users are not the target demographic for the product....though in my personal opinion i think in 2011 and 2012 the vast majority of phone users will be using smartphones. It may end up being a moot point.- view 4 more comments
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FourSquare is a mobile product?
I think the goal is: Share where you are. It doesn't matter which device you use to post.
Please, people at 4sq can you explain why you don't put a button with this functionality on the web? It's a ONE day development.
BTW, there is the game about mayorships, points and badges... but it's not the core function. -
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My heart goes out to the non-smartphone users and I hear their plea that they do not
want to be punished by a few cheaters because they do not have a smartphone,
but it is now the minimum price to play the game. If it is a priority for someone to
play 4SQ, he or she will need pony up for a compatible smartphone.
For example, I specifically bought my wife a used iPhone mostly because she
wanted to participate with me in the location games.
It is common for games, sports, & other competitive activities to come up with
standards, guidelines, rules, and equipment to make the outcomes as as fair as
possible for the greater population of players.
Foursquare is relatively young and I will not be surprised when more stringent controls are rolled out in the near future.-
Non-smartphone users can check-in on the mobile site. Anybody can play from there (without earning mayorships, due bad behaviors :( )
I think here we are talking about a "check-in" functionality on the regular website (and also the "touch"). -
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Well, you can still develop the app for non smartphones that has GPS but it's just no efficient enough, just like how Foursquare is focusing on Blackberry OS, Apple iOS, Google Android and Windows Phone 7 apps and leaving Symbian and HP WebOS behind. It is at least good you can still get points and badges by using m.foursquare.com , in my opinion Mayorships has only one benefit - for businesses to offer the most loyal customer...
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Wait... I use an LG Envee, and log onto foursquare.com/mobile. Is this not going to tally check-ins towards a mayorship?-
Nope, it won't. You can get badges with the mobile site, but not mayorships
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Making a check-in or adding short tips needs to go quick, it is therefore you have an app to do just a quick check-in when you for example just ordered your food and are waiting for being served. It’s a 10 or 20 seconds activity. Surfing to a website and make the check-in there takes too much time.
I'm glad non-smartphone users want to use Foursquare too, but the main demographic target for Foursquare are users with a smartphone.-
I totally disagree with you:
Search a venue on a laptop it's really quick, just write it down and look on a list. 30 secs max.
Also, the other day, I followed a link from twitter on a smartphone, and ended on the "touch" webpage of the venue. There's no check-in! Why not check-in just with a click? 1 sec.
Why do you want to take out the mobile users with non-native apps? That way you can have more of your friends inside 4sq. The demographic target should be MY FRIENDS.
Finally, sometimes it takes me more than a minute to find the place on the smartphone app, because there's a lot of venues near my position. -
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Agree, but now you are comparing the use of a smartphone with a laptop, while i meant the difference between a smartphone and a regular cellphone.
I mostly use the search option instead of waiting for a list of which places are in the neighborhood. I only use a list when the venue is probably spelled incorrect or if I can't find it under the name I searched it for.
I think it is not possible to let a link on Twitter being automatically recognized as a Foursquare venue.
The use of Foursquare by smartphone or regular cellphone I can only encourage, but the daily use of Foursquare is more smartphone minded if you look what is it meant for.-
Here we are demanding a check-in functionality for the regular web (and the "touch" web), we are mainly thinking about laptops (also desktops on offices/cybercafes), we aren't talking about regular phones.
What do you think about the use of 4sq from a laptop on a cafe? I think it is what 4sq is built for: Tell your friends where you are going to be for a while so they can join.
[Off-topic] The mobile web has a check-in functionality, so non-smartphone users can check-in form the mobile web in seconds, but just searching, as you do. The only difference for a regular mobile user is the lack of GPS functionality (there aren't enough mobile browsers with geo-localization).
[Off-topic] By other side, a link can be recognized to be open by an app. On my Android, for example, links to youtube can open the app instead of the web page. -
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Foursquare is a mobile platform.
From foursquare's own "about" page:
Foursquare is a location-based mobile platform that makes cities easier to use and more interesting to explore.
http://foursquare.com/about
I dont think maknig "demands" is going to change that, Yon.- view 1 more comment
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Well, you're incorrect. Its a location-based mobile platform - as mentioned above, and described on their "about" page.
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is ali sumareh is comment eya abaytu besnass
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Wait... I use an LG Envee, and log onto foursquare.com/mobile. Is this not going to tally check-ins towards a mayorship? Are you basically saying I'm screwed because my phone doesn't do GPS? After I've added like 45 new venues to the site, and reported at least 100 duplicate/bullshit venues. Really nice way of saying thank-you. :P
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So no mayorships for me, right? I think its funny how they changed the icon for check-in points earned, as if that's supposed to fool us into thinking they made things better. :P
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Doesnt work. Lets face it, unless you're a smartphone user, they dont care about you.
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Maxx, and you have, I have opposed this idea, because if you ask a non-smartphone users, they will tell you wow gold it is very difficult, nor a clever boring so check in or gps phone. Why would anyone bother to deceive it is not simple, right?
This is true, it is still possible for some to take the opportunity to cheat, will never be eliminated 100%, this is just a fact of life. However, the means to do so, at least, now hidden, and they need to employ a slightly casual effort. Open service plug-ins from the main station inspection, by definition, the easy cheat directly in front of 100% of users, perhaps 2-3% of the sole purpose of helping. I can see where they do not think it is worth the consequences. -
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It doesn't matter for me if anybody cheats. I don't get any reward for getting more points. And mayorship is something I don't care.
I want to check-in from the website just in case I'm at a cafe and I want my friends to know about that.
I don't get the point why 4sq doesn't put a button (it's just 10-20 minutes of work + tests). Why they have a strong policy about NOT to check-in? Isn't 4sq a web to mainly check-in?-
They don't put a button to check in on a webpage, because its not about the only about the checkin.
Foursquare is a location-based mobile platform that makes cities easier to use and more interesting to explore. By “checking in” via a smartphone app or SMS, users share their location with friends while collecting points and virtual badges.
The idea is that you have to be there. And with a webpage, there is nothing that ensures that you are actually at the location you say you are at. Hence why specials and mayorships are only available when you check-in from the app.
You can use the "mobile" webpage if you indeed just want to check-in without the rest of the fun -- your choice. -
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Sure you can!! With mobile web check-ins can earn you badges but not Mayorships. Go to https://foursquare.com/mobile/checkin to check in -
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