Does Foursquare Have A Douchebag Problem?
With Foursquare seeing fast growth and starting to be embraced by elements of the mainstream (like their new deal with Bravo ), it might be decision time. A popular part of the gaming element of the service is gaining badges, virtual tokens that show you’ve done a certain task on the service. Most of these are clever, like the Photogenic badge when you check-in to three different places with photobooths. But some are a bit more risqué, like the Douchebag badge. As Foursquare keeps growing, will there be pressure to get rid of these? Increasingly, this issue is being brought up on Foursquare’s Get Satisfaction page . As one user wrote yesterday in the forum: Has it occurred to the too-cool-for-school hipsters at foursquare that unlocking a “douchebag” badge for your fans because they check in at places like Barneys might: 1. Be insulting to your users, especially if have chosen to share their badges with friends and 2. Might also be insulting to your future customers and business partners like Barneys? Total FAIL, guys. Who…
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