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Who’s in Your Gang?

Submitted by Louisgray from Google Reader

Aug 25, 2009

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I had a weird brain wave crossing with Robert Scoble last week.

Basically, I’ve been trying to find value in FourSquare, the hot new web app on the block, that launched this Spring at SXSW, where any self-respecting hot web app gets its initial hotness.

If you care, FourSquare seems like it might be interesting. It’s a geo-based app with some interesting gaming aspects, which I’m very curious to explore.

Unfortunately, you’ll have a bit of a lonely expedition if you’re using it in a city without many other users, i.e. anywhere other than NYC, LA, the Bay Area. There’s an interesting meat-life tie in with FourSquare that’s developing and will be neat to watch evolve.

But again, if you don’t have a bunch of people nearby, you won’t see any value. Portland’s a pretty early adopter place, and I’ve been getting more friend invitations lately, indicating that I may soon be able to enjoy the fun of FourSquare. I thought last week about posting a missive about the short list of early adopter friends you expect to find on any legit social a

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