Category Archives: Community
Follow Big Boi, unlock a Golden Ticket Badge, party with him and Pepsi MAX at SXSW
Big news, foursquare fans! Hip hop maestro Big Boi loves foursquare and all his followers, and he wanted to do something to show his appreciation. So, with the help of the incredible crew at Pepsi MAX, please join us for … Continue reading
So we grew 3400% last year…
Honestly, 2010 was just insane. The numbers tell the story better than we can, so we put together this little infographic. (Also, our 6,000,000th user signed up last week!) Click on the graphic to view full size. UPDATE: Check out … Continue reading
Shout #turnRED to help create an AIDS Free Generation
Today is World AIDS Day. By any measure, AIDS is one of the most dramatic and pressing health issues facing the world today. At foursquare, we like to think that people’s actions can help raise awareness and change behavior, so … Continue reading
Watch America vote today on elections.foursquare.com
Today, to help you remember to vote, we’ve loaded over 100,000 voting locations into the foursquare venue database. When you check in at one (they’re all called ‘voting location’), you’ll unlock an ‘I Voted’ badge. (And for absentee or mailed … Continue reading
It’s decorative gourd season
Our lead designer, @mari18, impressed us once again this year with her mayor pumpkin carving, but we were blown away when we saw what our community came up with for Halloween 2010! Big thanks to our awesome users for their … Continue reading
Check in and vote on foursquare
With election day right around the corner, we’re giving people yet another reason to go to their voting booth on Tuesday (in case choosing your government isn’t reason enough): a new ‘I Voted’ foursquare badge. On election day, simply head … Continue reading
Quite the way to celebrate our 200 millionth check-in
So… yeah. An exhaustive explanation of last night’s downtime would be a bit redundant to yesterday’s post. In a nutshell, the same thing happened: an overloaded database, the solution to which again was manually redistributing check-in data to make sure … Continue reading
So, that was a bummer.
Yesterday, we experienced a very long downtime. All told, we were down for about 11 hours, which is unacceptably long. It sucked for everyone (including our team – we all check in everyday, too). We know how frustrating this was … Continue reading
Am I mayor yet?
We made a quick yet long-awaited tweak to our apps today. When you’re getting close to winning a Mayorship (within 10 check-ins), you’ll now see how far away you are from ousting the current Mayor. You’ll see the count in the … Continue reading
Superfans and superusers: show your foursquare pride with swag
So many of you have been asking how you can rock the t-shirts we wear every day here at foursquare HQ, so we made a store for you to get your own! The great thing about this is that it’s … Continue reading