Do you like to play Foursquare? For those that do not know, Foursquare is an iPhone or Blackberry game that allows users to “check-in” at venues and then tweets what venue you are at to Twitter. Sounds like a harmless, fun game right? Well it was, until someone created a site called PleaseRobMe.com.
PleaseRobMe.com is a site that pulls Foursquare’s check-ins, and tells the world who is not at home. It also labels that user as a new “opportunity” to rob them. Foursquare still sounding fun to you? I didn’t think so.
It is not Foursquare’s fault that PleaseRobMe.com is using their API. It does, however, make you feel uneasy about playing these “check-in” games. Maybe everyone doesn’t have to know you are at a gas station, or eating at a restaurant. After all, these are pointless tweets that have no meaning. Then again, it’s still fun to do. We can only hope that PleaseRobMe.com will get shut down as soon as possible. Until then, I suggest you not use Foursquare.
As most Facebook users know, every time the layout changes on Facebook, there’s bound to be a whole lot of issues. Because of change, lots of users will tend to dislike it (where’s that dislike button now?) There are plenty of noticeable changes that are instantly seen right on the front page. The “friends online” is now also shown on the left panel of the home page. Everything is categorized on the left panel on the main page as well. The live feed has become simply “Most Recent”, but Top News is always shown first. The right panel is no different. The bottom bar is no more.
Application & Facebook games lovers will dislike this change. Applications are clearly shown on the left panel… of the home page only. It takes a difficult hide & seek game in order to find the applications on any page except for the home page.
The commenting of the new 
layouts are common as early as the instant that change is noticeable. See these comments to the left? People are either confused or they dislike it overall. As like the previous change, the reactions are no different. Many can see this update to add more confusion to the usage of Facebook. Plus, many are beginning to complain that “Facebook hasn’t really been listening to their suggestions.” (Especially about the dislike button.)
For the past year or so, Facebook has been concentrating on privacy control for its users. Noticeable changes included the little lock button under posts. From that, users can control who can view a particular post or content.
Of course, all Facebook users will have to decide for themselves whether or not this update is its best… or another failure. Either way, let’s hope Facebook listens to every little suggestion given to them.
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And there goes what was once a great service that you could use to update multiple social networks at once. Seesmic, owner of the Seesmic client and Twhirl, bought Ping.fm today. And I deleted my Ping account.
I hate Seesmic, and always have from the beginning. Their client is absolute crap and full of bulk. The application constantly crashes, and the user interface is downright ugly.
I used Twhirl, until they bought it last year. Everything the take turns to crap and is rebranded. Why did my tweets say “via Seesmic” when I was using Twhirl? Absolutely stupid.
Delete your Ping.fm account, for it too will become a POS and be rebranded.
Do you like to play Foursquare? For those that do not know, Foursquare is an iPhone or Blackberry game that allows users to “check-in” at venues and then tweets what venue you are at to Twitter. Sounds like a harmless, fun game right? Well it was, until someone created a site called PleaseRobMe.com.
