Comments on: Not Hip to be Foursquare

By: coffee break arcade

coffee break arcade — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:21:52 +0000

Do you like to play coffee break arcade games? If so, then you are like millions of others out there who really have a good time playing them. Today, though, it is not as easy to find such games as it was in the pasts. Perhaps that is because more people are playing their console sports like Xbox and Playstation or the surge of online sports that are free to operate.

By: Poopoo

Poopoo — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 01:35:32 +0000

Krista Magliari is a FURRY!

By: EvilClaire

EvilClaire — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:24:31 +0000

I don't go in for internet social networking. Twitter? Could care less. Facebook? My mother lives on it. That's all i need is to tell me i don't need to go near it. The four square thing sounds horrible. I mean, i have had my fair share of creepy stalkerish guys. why do i need to broadcast to them? I'm glad you wrote this. Makes me glad i don't do it. oh, and have you heard of e-hibernate? wave of the future. :p

By: aaronodeneau

aaronodeneau — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 10:00:08 +0000

oddly enough someone down here in texas was robbed after reporting that that were going to work on facebook. it was caught on camera though i didn't get to see the news story i had to take my son to school. freaky how profetic this all is.

By: Alzrius

Alzrius — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 05:50:50 +0000

One must appreciate the irony that right after this article, you come to the “Sharing is sexy!” message.

By: Neuronin

Neuronin — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:12:54 +0000

Stalkers and narcissists seem to be the market for this crap. Every time I see one of these new apps I think of this: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/6/19/

By: SethTheXenocide

SethTheXenocide — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:10:52 +0000

Four Square would only be cool if it was oddly specific and I did it only at inappropriate places.

"Seth has checked in to his bathroom!"

"Seth has checked in to the gynecologist's office!"

"Seth has checked in to the park bench next to the children's playground where perverts go to scope out the children!"

And so on.

By: GonzoLink

GonzoLink — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:37:19 +0000

Jesus… this is why I stay away from social networking sites for the most part. I have a Facebook and even a Twitter, but I never really use them unless I need to contact a friend and I have no other options. I can certainly see the purpose and the appeal behind Foursquare, but I still feel like privacy should be be a more heavily valued and protected element on the internet. I just don't understand why people can't call each other up if they want to hang out and instead have to schedule an event on Facebook. Eh…
BTW, Foursquare was an AWESOME game when I was younger. I haven't played it in years but it was always the one thing I stood in line on the playground at recess to be a part of. So cool…

By: aaronodeneau

aaronodeneau — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:43:30 +0000

as always a very poinant topic and one i fear will become the norm. that people will make themselves open and accessable at any and all times. but also it taps into the newer behavior of man to compete on unparalleed levels. if you ever get the chance check out the lyrics to revolting cocks song "viagra culture." for it's time it's a rather prophetic song about the obsession to win and be the best at anything and everything. for me i could care less i'm a noob at online games where 12 year olds make up new words to desribe how badly i suck so i don't even try.

but look at the current generation of games out there on ps3 and xbox 360. they now come with "trophies" or "acheivments" to unlock. in most cases these things are meaningless icons that save to your account. on occation they actualy tied to unlockables but that is rare and the quality of the things you get depends greatly on taste.

but beyond that i can't imagine entriely what the appeal of foursquare is. i'm sorta in the middle i am aware of newer technologies but i don't rush to buy the newest things cause lately things are built to break. remember the atari 2600...a good lot of them work like they day they were made. games too. now if you get a hairline sctarch on the disc it can sometimes ruin the games ability to play and even then the game companies won't fix it,also the systems my god they break easier then the orginal robotech transforming toys (that i owned.). so i am not suprised at all the problems technology as a whole are creating...i am not saying it's a conspiracy i am just saying that cryslter could make an all metal bumper that never breaks they just aren't that stupid.

people often do things without thinking. it's easy to feel that the internet is the one place you can turn to and put ourself out there without any thought of consequences or meeting anyone you post to. but now i guess the nets evolving to be become something like in gamer where we'll have something on our bodies that keeps us connected to the net at all times but also shows where we are. in someways like if you lost in the woods this would be an incredible way to always find people or if you were kidnapped but on the other hand there is a line that has to be drawn as to when and where we are located at.

as i close this out i figure i'd say...for better or worse i put my location on twitter but to be honest i don't really use it all that much so my worries that people will know that i am at work on any given day and will come to my home where someone is always home isn't all that big for me. can i say it's a smart idea none the less. meh probably not in the best of ideas but i don't know i just didn't feel the harm at the time.

By: adampad85

adampad85 — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:39:20 +0000

That's got potential to be really, really creepy. It sounds like the old Boost Mobile campaign from a few years ago that bragged about being able to stalk your friends. That kind of tech's too easily abused in my book.