Written by Have you checked in today? Social network Foursquare has become a bit of a phenomenon with people checking in on their mobile phones all over the place – even the North Pole! In our office it’s become a bit of a competition to see who can be the Mayor of the Starbucks downstairs…
A couple of days ago (according to a Tweet by one of Foursquare’s developers) the number of check-ins had exceeded 40 million, which is impressive in itself but more so because just five weeks ago the total number of check-ins was hovering around the 22 million mark.
Which in short means that Foursquare seem to have doubled the number of check-ins in just over a month, a mean feat in the social networking world!
Foursquare may be the new kids on the block so to speak but they’re definitely having a major impact in the social networking world and they are the first site since Twitter to acquire users at such a rapid pace.
There could be some competition coming soon though with Facebook recently announcing that they will bring in an application to check in at different locations but for now Foursquare is King and I don’t see any of my colleagues ready to give up their Mayorship just yet!
