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> one day I plan on thinking deeply about what these people have in common because on the surface they seem rather random -- some are technologists, some aren't

I've had the same thought. I'm a software engineer in my 30s and I still use it religiously. I have a few friends who still use it, too. They are a high school teacher in his 30s, a project manager in her 30s, an attorney in her 40s, and an audio engineer in his 30s.

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Isn't that weird? My group is similarly all over the map like that. One of my friends has been traveling the world non-stop for years now, it's interesting to see all of the places he's been to (although now he's been to most countries multiple times). I'm into software too; a couple of my friends who use it are too, but some of the others aren't.

I follow a couple people who seem to check-in compulsively despite never doing anything very interesting. Like busstops and gas stations. Some of them even check into their own houses on the reg. I think some of them may be using automated check-in tools.

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