Location-sharing social networking site 'Foursquare' app to shut down on December 15, 2024, web version to shut down in early 2025
It has been announced that the app version of ' Foursquare ', a popular location-based social networking site, will be shut down on December 15, 2024, and the web version in early 2025. Going forward, the Foursquare team will focus on the development of ' Swarm '.
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It has been announced that the app version of 'Foursquare City Guide,' which allows you to check recommendations for restaurants and retailers in a specified area, will be shut down at 23:59 Eastern Standard Time on December 15, 2024, and the web version will be shut down in early 2025. After the shutdown, the entire Foursquare City Guide will no longer be available.
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Foursquare explains that the reason for ending Foursquare City Guide is to 'focus on building an even better experience with Swarm.' As a result, Foursquare explains that it will invest in new features and capabilities for Swarm and release an update in early 2025.
Swarm, which Foursquare will focus on in the future, is an app that was launched in 2014 and is specialized only for Foursquare's check-in and SNS functions. With the introduction of Swarm, Foursquare has been reborn as 'Foursquare City Guide,' an information service that provides users with recommended spots and restaurants near their current location.
I actually tried using 'Foursquare' for searching recommended places and 'Swarm' for sharing location information - GIGAZINE
'We deeply appreciate your loyalty and support over the years. This decision was not made lightly; it is a necessary step to prioritize important initiatives that we believe will have a greater impact and better serve our customers,' Foursquare wrote.
In addition, since the business information posted on Foursquare City Guide is posted on both Foursquare City Guide and Swarm, it will continue to be posted on Swarm even if the Foursquare City Guide service is terminated. In addition, since Foursquare is also an information provider, it seems that it also distributes business information lists to partner companies.
'I'd be lying if I didn't admit that this news has really depressed me over the past few days,' Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley wrote in a Threads post about the demise of Foursquare City Guide. 'There's a really good blog post somewhere about the dangers of falling in love with the company/product you create, but it just doesn't seem like the right time to write it. The disregard for the Foursquare app has been a hallmark of my personal online experience for about five years now, and it's affected me more than it should.'
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At the time of writing, Crowley is not working full-time at Foursquare, but he serves on the company's board of directors and as co-chairman, and says Foursquare's revenue exceeds $100 million .
Josh Williams, co-founder of Gowalla, Foursquare's main competitor, posted, 'I'm very disappointed to see Foursquare go. You can complain all you want about the Internet being fun, but it's true. It has stolen the joy from us in its pursuit of efficiency. I still believe we can build successful products that connect people in the real world, but it's a hard journey. Foursquare has made the web and our digital lives a much better place.'
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