Foursquare Terminology

In a recent Identity Building Blog article we explored Foursquare, its benefits, and its best use practices.

We recommend taking a brief moment to familiarize yourself with the following foursquare terminology in order to expedite your experience and begin using foursquare to build your identity.

• Badges – Badges are little rewards you earn based on your check in habits
• Check-In – When you tell foursquare where you are, that’s called “checking in”. You can check in from parks, bars, museums, restaurants, libraries…really anywhere. When you check in, Foursquare will let your friends know where they can find you and award you points and badges based on your adventurousness.
• Friends – Foursquare friends can share their locations with one another via Foursquare (users can also link to their Facebook and Twitter accounts to share locations with those friends as well).
• History – The history page gives you a recap of all the places you’ve checked in.
• Mayorships – A mayor in foursquare is the user with the most number of *days* with check-ins at a specific place within the past 60 days. Only one check-in per day counts towards your mayorship tally. Lots of businesses are now offering specials for the mayor of venues, so be sure to keep a look out for specials nearby when you’re looking at the places tab in the app. Only users with a photo uploaded to their account (no faceless mayors!) will be eligible.
• Tips and To-Do’s – Tips are generally things you’d recommend to others (“Go to PDT and try the bacon-infused Old Fashioned”) while To-Dos are more “notes to self” (“Remember to come back and try the pesto noodles”).