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Comment by ajaymehta | Hacker News Reader

Do you live in an urban area? Foursquare has been commonly talked about by the non-tech-savvy people I know for years now. I'd actually say moreso than any social service other than Twitter and Facebook, over the past 3-4 years.

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I think my wife uses Foursquare out of a something like digital nostalgia, b/c she and all her friends were in their 20s in NYC when it was cool.

I use it almost daily, as well. I check in to places because it syncs with TimeHop and keeps a record of places I've been, which is useful to me. And the explore function is much better at finding places that I'll actually enjoy when I'm in neighborhoods and cities that I'm not usually in.

One of the most useful apps on my phone, honestly.

I'm a 20 year old attending college in NYC. FourSquare is considered a running joke, like LinkedIn.

When you graduate, there's a possibility that LinkedIn may not still be considered a joke, for better or worse.

wait until you get out of college, and start looking for a job, LinkedIn will have the last laugh.

I'm 27 and killed my LinkedIn account because 1) I just don't find them to be a company that is concerned with user privacy and 2) I have not once seen a benefit to being on it.

I think it probably depends on your industry. I'm a programmer, so maybe if you're a finance major it's more useful.

I don't know many people who check in, but if they do, they do it on facebook or instagram or twitter. The people I'm referring to our college kids or people living in SF or LA.

I live in Portland, OR and don't know a single person that uses it.

I live in downtown Toronto. I really don't know anyone who uses it.

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