You can also find the Check-In button in the bottom middle of the screen, as well as in the bottom right corner. Across the bottom, there are 5 tabs from left to right: friends, explore, an unnamed tab which is where the check-in button is, the lists, and then your personal tab, which will likely have your first name. I haven't done anything with the friends tab or added any friends, since some people that I follow on twitter are also on Foursquare and it seems like duplicate reading to read their updates in both places. If you're really into social networking, you could do this I suppose. I have found the Explore tab to be interesting though, since that will show nearby places that you can get more information on or perhaps even check in to. This makes sense, but I have found that when on the explore tab or in the check in screen for choosing aplace to check into, the list of places refreshes quite regularly, especially if you are traveling about by car or other vehicle. This can be helpful but also frustrating. Several times I have found a place to check-in to but then had to swipe back to it a few times since the list refreshed. If you want to become mayor of someplace, you will have to upload a picture. There are more settings through the site at: www.foursquare.com or the mobile site: m.foursquare.com than you find in the app. For instance, since mayorships don't interest me, I was able to tell the service that I did not want to be notified that I was the mayor of such and such place.
Another interesting feature of Foursquare seems to be that it will recommend places for you to visit based on the kinds of places you check-in to, which can be very helpful if you usually use it in a certain area, like near your home. From the site and the Frequently Asked Questions area, I learned all about the kinds of badges you can earn based on what you check-in to. After reading that, I didn't feel as out of the loop when seeing said badges on my Twitter friends timelines. My fiance now laughs at me when she hears the Foursquare icon from my iPhone home screen, since she knows what I'm going to do. She also calls me a nerd, to which I think, "Takes one to know one." She is on Facebook through her cell much of the time, so we're even, :) Regards, Wayne On 6/2/12, Sarai Bucciarelli <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi: > 4square is accessible. You open the app. Bottom right hand side of screen is > the check in button. A list of places you are near is brought up. double tap > the location, then flick to the right until you see check in. You can then > leave a message, a photo, and check in to that location. You can also leave > tips for others. For example I checked in to Zaxby's. A tip left by a > customer said the cheese bites were good. I tried the cheese bites based on > a tip left by another person. > On Jun 2, 2012, at 11:46 AM, Carol Pearson wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Could you please write me on/off list, as appropriate, to give any tips on >> 4Square. Have just installed and am not sure how to get anything >> worthwhile from it or how to let people know where I am. >> >> Thanks! >> >> -- >> Carol P >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >> Google Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > -- Follow me on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/wcmerritt My websites: www.wayneism.com www.whitecaneday.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
