Foursquare Mayor Woes Being Addressed by the Team
Foursquare, a social networking site tied to a mobile phone’s GPS feature lets people log where they are currently to determine which places are happening and which are not, has refined their techniques in verifying if a user is truly at the location he says he is at any given time.
Because the Foursquare system gives away “mayorships”, points as well as virtual badges for those who constantly visit specific places, there have been people abusing the system. An issue has been brought to the Foursquare team’s attention wherein people are getting awarded even if they are just logging in false locations without enabling the GPS feature.
The newest blog of the Foursquare team addressed this concern and is now going to improve their award system by checking the GPS information as well as by taking other measure in order to verify a location even if the mobile phone does not support GPS. What these measures are were not exactly detailed, but that is to prevent people to find another loop hole in the system.
Dubbed the “cheater code” the team verified that it took a while to implement such a system but they have been listening to client concerns.
The team will allow checking in and out of location but will not provide point for doing so. This makes sure that the location information supplied is current but still gives other users a fair chance of getting achievements by logging in where they currently are.
The people who have been cheated out of their virtual awards must have felt like completely giving up and stopped logging in. Now that the problem has a solution, at least the new mayors will be getting their titles in a legit way. So no more stealing, cheating and messing with Foursquare politics, people.
Head over to Geek for more about the Foursquare cheater code.
Tags: apps, Foursquare, GPS
