Foursquare City Halls Return to Swarm
The company Foursquare keeps trying. And it is that, after losing the momentum of its geolocation social network, in which users could publish dwhere they were in At all times, they decided to create two differentiated applications to separate the social part from the part of recommendations and nearby places that added value to the whole . This is how Swarm emerged, which would remain for social relationships between friends who wanted to know where their contacts were passing through.A social network that, however, lacked some of the most striking features that the social network had Foursquare Now they return one of those: the alcaldÃas Another attempt to get the attention of former users?
Foursquare still hasn't found its way back to success, and to do so it seems to be trying to exhaust the formulas that one day made it one of the great social networks, a few years ago. A social network in which gamification or rewards for actions (game or game) they were the order of the day. The clearest image is that of the mayor alties that are resuming today. A way to stick out your chest in front of the rest of your contacts, friends and users of the social network after passing more times than anyone else for a same location and check-in in the application in the last 30 daysSomething that made the user deserving of the symbol of mayor A prestige that not only demonstrated his love for said social network or for said establishment , but it also meant that he was one of the experts of the place A matter that only the experience of having spent so much there had given him awarded.
However, this key issue of Foursquare disappeared with the subdivision between the new Foursquare (now a guide to nearby stores) and Swarm (the old social aspect of Foursquare), making brought a lot of criticism with it After many months since this decision, a new update returns the mayor alties to the users at a point that is either too late, or seems make no sense at this point In any case, a decision that will surely be thanked by regular and classic users who have remained active on the system.
Its operation remains the same as in the old Foursquare The idea is that the user who If you register your visit to an establishment you will end up receiving the badge of mayor of that place Of course, keep in mind thatThere is only one check-in per day, and that there is always reference with respect to the previous 30 days
Swarm has already started awarding mayor alties since its recent update, taking into account the last 30 days of check-ins,so it is possible that many users are already mayors of some places, being able to check it from the application itself.
In short, a classic function that makes its appearance again, perhaps too late, but with a clear intention: to return to Swarm one of the strengths and much in demand of FoursquareThe new update is now available for both Android and iOS and Windows Phone Free download via Google Play, App Store and Windows Phone Store
