Swarm is foursquareâs latest iteration of the check-in based location service, with a whole lot more social baked in. The idea of Swarm is to give you a sense of whoâs near you, who will be near you, and some ideas for things to do.
Itâs oddly addictive, which is a lot coming from me, as Iâve never even dabbled at the original foursquare. Still, thatâs not to say there are no caveats.
For one, people who donât live in densely populated cities wonât have a super great experience, simply because their network of friends is too spread out. Also, if you have too many friends hooked into your Swarm network, you can end up with a lot of useless information at your fingertips.
In the end, itâs a game of balancing people and places that are important to you, and cutting everything else out.
John isnât as impressed as I am, but that may be related to his general lack of friendships. I, on the other hand, see great potential for the app if foursquare can find that easy balance between structured information and serendipity.
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