One of the reasons I wanted to go to New York City was because Foursquare was founded there and a lot of badges where NYC-specific. It’s as big as Facebook and Twitter, and advertised in brick & mortar stores:

I’m not a freak though, and didn’t drag people around to specific destinations to get badges (well except that Apple store, but that’s because it’s a tourist attraction!). I just checked in at the various places that we went too. Over the 2 days and a bit there, I ended up getting 7 new badges, with 4 of them coming on the first day. Actually I am a little disappointed that I wasn’t able to get more, especially since two of them I could have obtained in Toronto (the Barista and the Jobs badge).

I also didn’t get any core 4sq NYC badges, the ones I got were due to my following a brand. I got three Bravo badges (Bravo Newbie, Real Housewife, and Fashionista), a History channel badge, and a Wall Street Journal badge. Why couldn’t I get the Far Far Away (check in above 59^th street) or Gossip Girl badge??

Posted by Kevin in Blogs Tags: 4sq, nyc, travelling