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Farewell to Foursquare’s app
"I would be lying if I didn't admit that I have been in a real funk these last few days over this news," writes Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley,
Still, Foursquare’s original app had been a clever way to explore cities and their offerings, as an early example of how social networks could leverage smartphone’s location capabilities to build an entirely new type of experience. While Foursquare the company continues to survive — Crowley notes it has over $100 million in revenue in his subsequent post — the focus of its efforts will now be on the check-in portion of the experience, not the City Guide. Other users and fans of Foursquare, both past and present, have posted about how learning of the app’s closure feels, describing it as a “ gut punch,” “ sad,” or simply offering their “RIP”-style condolences.
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