chippy

this was posted a few days ago. Submissions get second chances and their timestamps are updated.

this says 4 days ago:

https://hn.algolia.com/?query=What%20do%20people%20see%20whe...

"gaming" chair. Should have gotten a normal office chair

There are a few reasons.

Firstly, the published reason is they intend to let people contribute and maintain the dataset. This is a good open data mindset to allow a dataset to maintain its health and grow. It would make the dataset sustainable.

An unpublished reason is that it could be a sign that things within Foursquare are winding down. Making the dataset sustainable reduces internal costs and increases the value to themselves and others. (like the reasons to open source software)

Foursquare City Guide is shutting down, and recently laid off 105 (25%) employees. I would imagine releasing data before things stop is a good ethical move.

https://foursquare.com/city-guide-sunset/

https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/23/foursquare-just-laid-off-1...

"The letter does, however, address which units were impacted and, relatedly, the divisions that Foursquare plans to ditch, including Visits, OCF, and Foursquare City Guide.

According to Little’s letter, Foursquare is also pausing work on a number of other initiatives, including "Mobile Developers Tools, Geode, and the current version of FSQ Insights."

It's about same amount of time people in the US watch traditional broadcast TV each day. Streaming TV is way longer (4 hours)

https://www.statista.com/statistics/186833/average-televisio...