Check.in - HTML5 check-ins to foursquare, Gowalla, brightkite...

Re:Check.in - HTML5 check-ins to foursquare, Gowalla, bright... by pytxab on Wednesday May 19, 2010 @04:47AM (#1360465)

So, curious what people think about this. Imagine you were running foursquare. Would you block check.in?

I could see an argument for it. If Foursquare blocked them, it would be difficult for them to gain traction. And as the front-runner in the space, Foursquare is arguably hurt more by aggregator services like Check.in, while its competitors are helped by them.

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Re:Check.in - HTML5 check-ins to foursquare, Gowalla, bright... by twalling on Wednesday May 19, 2010 @07:44AM (#1360695)

I think they're completely fine with it. Foursquare has been extremely open about how people use their API and this is what their API is for. In the end I don't think they care how people are checking in. They're still gathering useful location information for businesses which is their real value add.

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Re:Check.in - HTML5 check-ins to foursquare, Gowalla, bright... by benatkin on Wednesday May 19, 2010 @10:49AM (#1361109)

I think they would get significant backlash if they did, due to their popularity and the use of services like Twitter by their users.

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