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08 Apr 2010 21:43

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Tech: FourSquare’s North Pole badge: Nobody cares if you get it

  • We’ve been drifting backwards at a ridiculous pace. At this stage we don’t know if we’re going to be able to get there.
  • 15-year-old son of a rich guy Parker Liautaud • On his attempt to reach the North Pole and check off the FourSquare North Pole badge. Which might be a cool feat, if you actually care about marking something off on a virtual game a bunch of hipsters play. Liautaud is competing against a middle-aged motorcycle company CEO for the kind of vacation only a rich person would think of. source
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02 Feb 2010 20:53

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Tech: Douchebags who use Foursquare upset about Foursquare’s accuracy

  • Total FAIL, guys. Who are you to judge what your customers like and don’t like?
  • Get Satisfaction commenter “valerie” • After earning the “douchebag” badge using the Foursquare service. She wasn’t very happy about the moniker, and many other users complained too. Then TechCrunch noticed. While the quickly-growing service isn’t budging now, they’re likely to feel pressure to change it as a result of their growing popularity. They also made a deal with Bravo recently. That said, if we earn the badge, we’d wear it like a badge of honor. We think more companies need to call their users douchebags. source
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