That user was mentioned frequently over on Get Satisfaction. Guess the new update that requires proximity to venues halted his avarice for badges. Not sure about frequency and time period of particular venues though. They are all Socialite unlocks I found with a search of Twitter, and none of them list the location where the user checked in. I feel like I have checked in at 15 or 20 different places without unlocking it, so this is really confusing. I think it is 3 different location check-ins, beginning yesterday.
But this venue is NOT on the list. Yeah, venues across the country would make it hard for most to get the necessary three. They probably marked their favorites, left the rest for local discovery by tag search: historychannel. Seems like 4sq has some work to do in the area of making their partners venues a bit easier to find. I know you can change your location, but if I was travelling to SF it would be nice to be able to visit their sponsors and see what is suggested in said city.
Well, this is awesome! But what I really needed, instead of just a list, is the requirements to GET the badges. Any ideas? Other sites that list HOW to get them? Run out to twitter, and do a search for other people that have unlocked the badge — what are they doing in common? The Bon Appetit-Navigator is a puzzle. Maybe Bon Appetit is adding more venues?
An original monthly feature at Bonappetit. Pingback: What is FourSquare? A Little Bit of Jamie Hurst. Thanks, Sho! Andra — if you really want to be honest now, go to your history and delete the checkin. I nailed two badges last night in a single checkin something I was curious if it could be done and then forgot about and upon getting back to my pc saw that I double checked in at the venue. I deleted the second check in and POOF! But hey I feel good, karma. DrewN — I agree badge parameters would be interesting.
There are some badge locations that no longer exist, as in the building itself is gone. The drive by checkin seems to be the only option. I went to a press screening of Exit Through The Gift Shop a few days before the movie opened in Philly and the Banksy badge was activated.
I could live with that. Any news on the Bon Appetit badge? First guy to get it was in and around Dayton, OH, on the first day available. How the hell is that possible? I mean, Ohio? Does anyone know how foursquare is approving venues? I went this weekend, to a theater that was listed on banksyfilm. Are you going to make a request through proper channels to get your badge? And both the Baltimore and Denver theatres are listed on banksyfilm.
One of your fellow Denver residents scored the badge yesterday at this venue. DrewN — I have seen this time and time again while merging venues. Locals know their area, plain an simple. This venue shares same name as the theatre on the banksyfilm. Maybe go back and retry? Thanks for the tip Drew.
I think you are right that I checked into the theater listing that was not tagged to give out the badge. I went with the venue that more people had checked in at, and that was created as a theater. I will try checking into the other listing to see if I get the badge. Thanks again. It turns out that there were two listings in foursquare for the theater.
I added them both to the merge list and they were merged. Thanks again for all the tips. I went to see the film in MPLs as well, but was not able to access the badge.
Was there a special tag for the film? I attended it here….. I did the same thing! To get this badge you need to check-in to the Lagoon Cinema just around the corner which will likely run the film in the following weeks. Is there some sort of shout that goes with bar check-ins? The two venues have no tags in common. The time out tag was not restricted. The tags for Time Out and Bon Appetit are restricted now. I encouraged my brother to take advantage, but he lives in Nashville. While it may be that the venues related to those badges occur in specific cities only, those badges are not tied to cities, they are tag-related.
There are two in Texas. Thanks for being patient. Thanks for fueling my Foursquare competitiveness with this post! After all, a person has to have goals… right? You have to remember that Foursquare is a business, and still a relatively small employee one.
Small companies need to concentrate on markets where they can make money. Right now, that means they have to concentrate on making deals close to home the U. Remember, Facebook used to be U. On the other hand, remember Friendster? One of the things that hobbled their early advertising-based business plan was the realization that they had more users in the Phillipines than in the United States, but no business partner who could help them monetize the non-U.
I read toward the back of the latest GOOD magazine that they are taking submissions for Good places, with a check in at five earning you a badge. Do you know anything about this badge? Does anyone know the status of the HBO badges nightlife, tastemaker, cocktail? It looks like they may have been deactivated. I was able to get the Cityscape but not the other 3. Indonesia unlocked it two weeks ago during the Iron Man 2 movie premiere — and I was there!
And just to let you know that 4sq updated the super swarm badge description. You might want to check it out. Just found out. Social Privacy « Future Social. Two of the places were the same name but different addresses. Not sure if that would make a difference. Other than that, thanks for the list. One of the two. Thanks again for the help. Are they really active? When I lived in Chicago, I went to nearly every location on two of the lists, and never got a single badge.
It took me a couple of weeks to do it, but got nothing for my effort. I gave up trying around January. Gotta follow them over at ExploreChicago. Follow, follow, follow.
Just visited the site and confirmed that you do need to follow them to get the badges. Poor me. There was apparently a new bravo badge unlocked in Dallas yesterday. What about the Big Omaha badge? Sooooo, you can only check in at the Plaza between the hours of 7amam for the Roker and 10 for 10 badges to be unlocked?? And is that daily or only on the days of concerts? So check in with us on weekdays between a. EST on the Plaza for best viewing, we recommend you arrive before a.
I got the Today Show Newbie badge on Monday, which was a non-concert day. So it looks like the concert days definitely have something to do with the other two badges. Roker should unlock. Pity there isnt any new badges for those of us outside the US- I know its a NYC game but now that its been pushed out to places like China where I live, and we cant use twitter caus its blocked, 4SQ is like a microblog for us.
All the new badges are just in the US and for mainly techgeekfests- would be nice to open it up a little. Foursquare is a great idea, which I am quite new to, but if it does grow internationally it could have implications on social media marketeers. I hope it does eventually head overseas. I will add a link to this from my blog. Anyone know if such a phrase exists?
There are some badges you absolutely have to go out of state for, but others that can be unlocked in most major cities.
I am trying to put together a list of badges that anyone can get for the city, I would appreciate your input. Re: the Bon Appetit badge, something has changed. I just checked it now, and it Fried Chicken spots accross the country. Is it possible they are rotating their active reviews in order to provide more opportunities to unlock the badge? They are tied to shouts or venues through venueId or tag.
This one is legitimate, it was my second visit to a Bon Appetit location the first was in Houston and if you visit that location on foursquare. To reiterate, badges are often tied to tags, and tags are often unrestricted at first. So sometimes a badge can be scored early, before the tag is restricted. The SXSW badges also had unique geofences. For example, you had to be in Austin to shout for the swimmies badge, and Swarm was active everywhere but Austin during the first three weeks of March.
This one was tagged creatively by me, it has since been pulled. Is it only in NY? No, its any salon or hair place tagged bravo. Follow what Im sayin?
So i could have a few check into to places that are tagged bravo spa or gym etc , dont specialize in hair, but still do cuts on the side maybe. At any rate I believe it was at a place called Aiken in the Pittsburgh area. Thats without lookin it up and off the top of my head no pun intended. Thanks Tony, just happened to unlock for whatever reasons. Another difficult badge. Drew N. I did a search on this badge recently, i was astonished at the feedback from users who thought it was offensive to have such a badge called the douchebag.
Hi all, Is there any way to check at step we are in the pending badge that we try to get…? Corey, I think that would be a fantastic website. I have the motorola droid from verizon, and have downloaded the four square app. I love it so much, but it has been very difficult to obtain badges, is there an easier way.
I have tagged a few places and am the mayor of 3 places, but for some reason it tells me, that it will check me in but I am too far from the location, which is impossible when I am right in front of the location, or when I try to creat a new location with the correct address, it tells me duplication…..
I have the same problem, before loading foursqure, load Google Maps, hit the My Location Button, then close it and go to foursquare… enjoy! Tony … Just for me, PA badges are here!
One story says if u are check in , when checks in, u being will get it as well as Then everyone else after does. But the prior to it unlocking misses out. I believe the former is actually true. The people that check in afterward are awarded the swarm. I understand that 4sq has said that they have made changes to the way that this works, so it would be interesting to see.
Two things you can do: check in initially, watch for the swarm, check in somewhere else, and then return to the swarm; OR-. Identify a user that was at the venue the same time as you that was awarded the swarm, and post it on getsatisfaction. Chrysanthe is pretty good about helping people out with legitimately missed badges. Everyone who is unlocking it based on Twitter search seem to be in Jakarta.
I got a Ziggy in Philadelphia. Once I did that, three check-ins and great cheap lunches later, I was ziggy-fied. I visited another place actually classified as a food truck and got the badge! Thanks for the tip. Which means you are gonna be hitting up ALOT more venues with douchebags hanging around in it :-p. Pingback: Stacey Soleil. Unfortunately, most of the people at the top of that list have unlocked badges through a series of check-ins that are physically impossible.
The last time I looked at the list, the user with the most verifiable badges was Damien Basile db. Pingback: Joby. This is similar to the way that the bravo badges were broken out.
I find this one in particular to be one of the few foursquare partnerships that seem to have been well thought out. Bing is capturing a large share of audience and funneling them to their services.
The visits, of course, are directly measurable. Then consider the extremely disproportionate number of periodicals and television networks with partnerships — the best they can do is extrapolate channel attribution. Ah the Bing one does sound different…But how does one get the badge? I see some spots near me that are on the home turf finder but how many do you need to check in to?
Is it tied to a shout? Its not tagged with anything either — how did you get the badge? It says its a secret Ferris Bueller badge, called the On Location badge. But Chicago already has that one active? Are they only in NY? Emma, how did you get? If you look at the message that the badges give out when their unlocked check the list above , that should help you figure it out.
The first badge does have something to do with a shout. Keep in mind, its I nternet W eek N ew Y ork. An inside deal with 4sq? Or something of your own creation?
I also rely on all you guys too. So, comment emails are usually what trigger the updates, and i use the tools to pull the details on the badges.
I am officially annoyed. Is there some subjectivity in Bravo badges being awarded? Yes, yes. Actually, I played a hunch and got it at the other or first?
Africa one. Just curious, at what point this week does this go eand what venue, or dont we know? How about th offical badge count unlocking for internet week? Ive been diggin, cant come up with anything right now. What happens in that case? Tony, is it cool to give away the clue? Or will that take away from the social networking idea of searching and making contacts to figure it out? I like to give hints for the really hard ones, rather than lay it out in plain engrish.
Hmm, that doesnt make sense. TEN check ins to the same park? I agree, 10 is too many. Five would be more realistic. And the most mployees who know about this shouldnt be allowed to recieve the Mayorship deal for the following summer.
Id like to see how this plays out. Kids with season passes can get that easily in a summer. I parked near Six Flags when attending a Rangers game, and noticed an abundance of venues within. Each major ride is its own venue. Maybe a badge could be scored with one visit, by checking in to the park once, then hitting up the best rides and checking in to those?
That was me. I visited Six Flags a couple of weeks ago and saw one ride with its own venue. So, I took it upon myself to create venues for each ride that I rode. There are so many missing street addresses or cities, or are just in the wrong physical location.
Makes me upset. Great Adventure is a great coaster park.. I try to go at least 10 times every year just for the thrills.. Tony I do wish there was a way to do that. It would be nice, because I find the same issues with pin placement, dupe venus and missing info. Also venues that are non existant or closed. I know you were able to delete, merge and change all info on any venue with that. And there arent many ppl with that status. Side note nathan Not sure if you are aware of this but any time you become the mayor of a venue, you automatically can do all of the venue changes you need to.
I had to do this with my work because the pin placement was m away from the clubhouse and its impossible to get to its central location sometimes. Once I became Mayor, I moved it and switched a bunch of wrong stuff…. Meaning they had plans for it but it never materialized or was turned on.
As for pin placement, be aware your friend might not have realized, s of venues are many meters away from their pin. I moved about 8 today alone. Often times this causes gps check in issues if the venue was to far off. The gps location, tower location app space is pretty new. For example, does a golf course vs. Likely not. Is this coded yet?
It is actually the opposite as far as I know. The first Super user level is 1, the next is 2, the highest available is 3. Dave axzm Yes, I can merge venues. Wow, L3 is the highest? Funny you mention pin placement on a golf course. My part time palce of work is a country club with a huge golf course. And whenthe venue was created with the right address, the pin placement was in the middle of the course!!
I moved it to the clubhouse, now check ins are a breeze. Looks as if that badge got unlocked by mistake. Possibly spit out by the foursqare database by accident or too early. Tony mentions something about this with 2 other badges in the past in this blog a little ways up.
Im betting its the same situation. Oh really? So how come it was unlocked then removed from her page? Is it not ready to go public or did 4sq pull it because she checks in there consistiently bc of work? As fast as badges are coming, as fast as we all talk about them, this pageview is getting longer and longer. I unlocked the Bing Home Turf Badge. Greg, how many checkins at Bing venues through the home turf finder did it take for you to attain the badge? Was it the same venue 3 times?
It seems to be tied to a shout. Then I just shouted it and it unlocked. I do not have the bing map app. Hope this helps,. I just popped it checking into work with a Go New Zealand shout. I unlocked the Bing badge from — I hate to say it — my sofa in front of the TV at home.
Are there other places in other cities then that they just do not list? I also just unlocked it by shouting for my favorite team, no venue involved. I have a feeling the specific locations are for the World Cup badge whereas the Bing!
Anyone else? JupiterGreek — just to be sure I understand you. You did not check in any of the locations listed in the home turf finder to unlock the badge. You just shouted for your favorite team at a random venue? Did you mention bing or use hashtags in the shout? Also, when you say you linked to a Bing account with foursquare? Do you mean the foursquare everywhere big map app?
Or is there something extra you did. For the CNN super fan badge, does it have to be 3 checkins at 3 separate venues or will 3 checkins at one location work? Eric, excellent sleuthing.. Sorry I was away from the computer all day today.
Im working on the details for the Bing for you as far as check ins go and if there is a shout involved or not. Ill let you know. When you guys shouted it, was your team playing at that time? My first inclination was that the badge was tied to a shout. Wait until a US game time and shout it. Ive seen the ppl who have unlocked this, have done so during game time. Some an hour before opening kick. There are also some who have unlocked it AT a Bing venue with their shout.
Either way, a shout is needed. I would try again tomorrow. Also, try the shout without checking in anywhere. Do we have reason to think it is tied only to USA? No dice.
Its very possible that it has to be a Bing venue from their page that you are checking into and shouting. Definitely not limited to USA or any single country. The system would recognize all team names as they did with the Lakers and Celtics badge.
One usr did say his shout when he unlocked it was his second shout. So there may be some truth to that. First shot. So this badge really confuses me. I got the Bing badge today. I have now eaten at 3 restaurants tagged bon appetit, yet somehow did not get the bon appetit badge. I was following bon appetit for all 3 check-ins, yet only 2 of them now are listed on the bon appetit foursquare page.
The 3rd one has a bon appetit comment on the restaurant page. Nothin against Indonesians, but they are all epic foursquare failures. To the highest degree. Maybe the foursquare team could do something about it? Kind of like putting it out there that this person is shady for all to see lol.
For that matter what do we win? Please send my prize to Ringsby Ct. Bottom line is that companies are paying for these badges, foursquare wants to sell them, and companies want to see a return. It just makes anyone with badges in that country look bad when everyone over there has badges from South Africa, New York and Atlanta but still in high school. For the Bing badge i followed bing and shouted Go USA two days in a row and it unlocked this morning during a match.
So it may only need one time during a World Cup match. BTW it was just a shout and not anywhere nere a bing site. My second point is this — when users playing by the rules invest travel, time, money etc in unlocking a badge only to find out that someone who has never left their couch, neighborhood, state, etc have unlocked the same badge — that experience for better or worse just lost a little value. I believe that the ways that it affects users is more subjective than anything.
I do stand behind my opinion that a branded badge has value to an advertiser, regardless of how it was unlocked. I would also posit that although there are quite a large number of advertisers on foursquare currently, only a small handful of those actually have venues that they are fiscally tied to, for example: Marc Jacobs, Starbucks, and Six Flags.
Think of it another way: if they were t-shirts, how many brands would request that the shirts only be worn by people who have actually visited their venue? As with all things in marketing, it has to come back to the business goals. Why do brands pursue foursquare sponsorships? I believe a significant portion of them are looking for increased brand awareness. I do encourage anyone, who feels that they are the victim of cheating, to visit GetSatisfaction and make a report so that foursquare can handle the situation in the way they deem fit.
You both make excellent arguements. I definitely think Tony nailed it on the head though when it comes to brand awareness. No matter what you will always have someone who will do as they please once they find an angle. If they want all the badges to feed their ego as badge leader, then so be it. For the most part though, I believe that most users are pretty squared away no pun. Pingback: aboutfoursquare. Just a heads up. Episode names are always a play on movie titles. Thanks for giving me the the blurbs to these badges.
My partner and I are competing to get them all. How do I find locals in my area?? Should I be on the website more than the actual app? I would just check nearby venues to see who is checked in and connect with them via whatever info is posted through Foursquare.
My nickname is hjeenie and english name is Brian. I live in Korea. May I ask you a question? How can I get a metro badge? When this badge first came out I asked Metro on Twitter about whether it would roll out to other cities where Metro was distributed. They said no plans and that it was Canada only for the time being. Many seem to be USA only though. So I thought you had to check into three different apple stores to get the jobs badge? I just unlocked it tonight third time same store!
It seems you need to visit 3 festival locations for a specific Brooklyn, NYC festival called Northside. Likely a local thing for the 4sq team and their community and NYC folks. Interesting badge so far — list of locations is not just the tour event, but surrounding venues as well. Very small list so far. A Final Thought No matter which of the badges on the Foursquare badges list you have your eye on trying to earn, Foursquare presents many fun options for those who use the platform.
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