Comments on: Location Based Social Media: How to play safe on Foursquare.com http://whatsyourtech.ca/2010/04/09/location-based-social-media-how-to-play-safe-on-foursquare-com/ Canada Plugged In Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:21:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: wiliburfoce http://whatsyourtech.ca/2010/04/09/location-based-social-media-how-to-play-safe-on-foursquare-com/comment-page-1/#comment-690 wiliburfoce Fri, 09 Apr 2010 21:07:33 +0000 http://whatsyourtech.ca/?p=2197#comment-690 From what I can tell with Foursquare once you have friended someone there is no way to un-friend. A problem if you happen to friend someone you thought was a friend but is not. This can happen easily because name are presented as Firstname L. (L. instead of lastname) So there are a few Bill S. and finding the right Bill Smith could be downright impossible, especially on the iPhone. Thankfully the new iPhone UI has an off grid function so you can still check in but not shout out the location to all your friends. I agree... caution is the best route with Foursquare, and others like it. From what I can tell with Foursquare once you have friended someone there is no way to un-friend. A problem if you happen to friend someone you thought was a friend but is not. This can happen easily because name are presented as Firstname L.
(L. instead of lastname) So there are a few Bill S. and finding the right Bill Smith could be downright impossible, especially on the iPhone.

Thankfully the new iPhone UI has an off grid function so you can still check in but not shout out the location to all your friends.

I agree… caution is the best route with Foursquare, and others like it.

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