Looks horrible now
10+ year Foursquare/Swarm user here. It’s a given that the apps are way past their peak. It’s ok that the company has long pivoted and found a way to be profitable without having questionable privacy policy (hello Google and other big tech names!) and managed to remain independent. But at this point it honestly seems like they want to make the app worse? The last updates to Foursquare have been really unfortunate. The venue view seems like it’s one big white screen, with no clear division between different sections (maps, reviews, buttons etc.). Lousy UX and readability. I know anything that is not B2B and profit-making has long gone in the back burner for the company, but that was so uncalled for. Just bring back the old looks. Cheers to the team, as I truly respect this company!
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Response from developer
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Bad usability in new update
The new design update has really made finding tips and photos unpleasant and difficult. Pages of all white blocks with no separation of sections. Harder to add tips and tag photos. Example of bad redesign: the “what’s popular here” section removed photos associated with key words, un-bolder the key words and the clickable section of the box is only the bottom 4th. Really bad user design compared to previous version and added nothing new of value to justify change. I’m a long term tip leaver and user of the app.
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Garbage - Deleted
App won’t let you create an account - ‘Oops something went wrong’ - tried 2 step verification 3 times then deleted the app. Noticed many other users have fed back the same comments.
Classic pizza III Resturant
Great food. I have eaten there many times and had good experiences. Went last nite with family after grandsons concert nearby. We all enjoyed it. Ordered pizza, salad, gyros and drinks. Pizza was tasty and excellent ( Greek MA style). Gyros were large and so tasty that kids ate them all to the last bite. Salad had lots of veges n good sized. Great service from the two girls at counter and the owner chef made sure we got the food exactly as we wanted. Friendly service n good food with decent prices what more can you want? Visit soon? We will again.
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Casa Del Bosque vineyards
Excellent wine tasting very instructive, nice restaurant good food ( Risotto a bit to salty for me) prompt service a bit pricey and too warm inside however 4.8/5 for us Thanks/Merci
Karina or Carina our wine tasting wine guide as a very good English speaking ,knew a lot on the wine from the Casa Del Bosque was safe and pleasant as well as very well manners!!!!
Karina or Carina our wine tasting wine guide as a very good English speaking ,knew a lot on the wine from the Casa Del Bosque was safe and pleasant as well as very well manners!!!!
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Maybe it’s time to put FS and Swarm back together
I’ve had FS on my iPhone now for over ten years but rarely open it. I do open SWARM daily now, which is an all FS used to run that lets people checkin to places they visit. But wow… I first joined on February 4, 2012. I regularly earn at least 1500 coins weekly on Swarm. I’ve never gamed the app for points, each checkin is to a place I actually go to. I try to say why I’m at the place in my checkin, in a manner that tells a story about my day.
But wow - so many things don’t work now. Here’s some outstanding issues:
1. The biggest thing wrong is the inability to suggest edits. When I do, it says something went wrong. If it’s a big glaring error, the best I can do is leave a tip about it, if it’s something people should know. This is especially frustrating with newer businesses, even when I’ve added them.
2. A second issue I’ve had is with suggesting spots for either deletion or amalgamation. I actually have several places I visit regularly that have ended up with multiple entries. There is an option for reporting duplicates but no one at Swarm does anything about it.
3. The in-camera function freezes when I try to take a photo to go with my checkin. I love including photos so it shows I’ve actually been there. And I try to make them interesting. A local cafe I go to renovated this year, and they were so happy to learn about Swarm and all the photos of their shop that were there from over the last 15 years.
I listed these in my SWARM review but these edit functions also exist within FS and they don’t work in FS either.
There are other things too but these three are top of mind. I’ll add to this list as things come up as I do use it daily.
But wow - so many things don’t work now. Here’s some outstanding issues:
1. The biggest thing wrong is the inability to suggest edits. When I do, it says something went wrong. If it’s a big glaring error, the best I can do is leave a tip about it, if it’s something people should know. This is especially frustrating with newer businesses, even when I’ve added them.
2. A second issue I’ve had is with suggesting spots for either deletion or amalgamation. I actually have several places I visit regularly that have ended up with multiple entries. There is an option for reporting duplicates but no one at Swarm does anything about it.
3. The in-camera function freezes when I try to take a photo to go with my checkin. I love including photos so it shows I’ve actually been there. And I try to make them interesting. A local cafe I go to renovated this year, and they were so happy to learn about Swarm and all the photos of their shop that were there from over the last 15 years.
I listed these in my SWARM review but these edit functions also exist within FS and they don’t work in FS either.
There are other things too but these three are top of mind. I’ll add to this list as things come up as I do use it daily.
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Tbnk
Meme pas cappable de me connecter esti c’est quoi ça 🤬
Obsolete data + Superuser(?) frustration
Developers haven’t replied to reviews in two years so I’m leaving this for fellow users and prospective ones. The quality of the reviews used to be the most reliable and 4SQ was my go-to app to find good places during my frequent travels, but the reviews are now dated and the data on new places and closed places is severely lagging: perhaps if users were more motivated to contribute, as in my case.
Yelp is too full of fake reviews and reviews by clueless users who rate everything 5 stars. Google ratings are unreliable because of inflated 5 star reviews and rancorous 1 star reviewers. Apple Maps just recently started collecting ratings (but no actual reviews), which is promising. Foursquare used to be the best, but no longer.
Despite having used 4sq for over 10 years, left 600+ tips, uploaded 700+ photos, achieved 20+ different “expertises”, and made 1000+ edits & corrections, I find it annoying to be stuck at superuser level 1 when I see other users with noticeably fewer contributions who sit at higher levels of recognition. I find I get a lot more reward for a lot less activity as a Google Local Guide, despite presumably competing with a much larger population there. It just seem like Foursquare is not very invested in its users.
Yelp is too full of fake reviews and reviews by clueless users who rate everything 5 stars. Google ratings are unreliable because of inflated 5 star reviews and rancorous 1 star reviewers. Apple Maps just recently started collecting ratings (but no actual reviews), which is promising. Foursquare used to be the best, but no longer.
Despite having used 4sq for over 10 years, left 600+ tips, uploaded 700+ photos, achieved 20+ different “expertises”, and made 1000+ edits & corrections, I find it annoying to be stuck at superuser level 1 when I see other users with noticeably fewer contributions who sit at higher levels of recognition. I find I get a lot more reward for a lot less activity as a Google Local Guide, despite presumably competing with a much larger population there. It just seem like Foursquare is not very invested in its users.
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Used to be the champion
Foursquare used to be the Go-To app when out and about, be it food, events or whatever you were in the hunt for Foursquare had it.
Rewarded the frequent users, helpful tips for travellers and locals alike. And oh, Swarm was its own app.
But now, I can’t leave a tip, or add pics, or learn of live events…it’s useless tbh.
So either restore it to the king it was or kill it.
Simple
Rewarded the frequent users, helpful tips for travellers and locals alike. And oh, Swarm was its own app.
But now, I can’t leave a tip, or add pics, or learn of live events…it’s useless tbh.
So either restore it to the king it was or kill it.
Simple
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Lobby
If the lobby is open, I give it a 5. When only the drive through is open, I give it a two. The last few times I’ve gone, wanting to sit inside, I ride a motorcycle, the lobby has been closed. I ask why, there’s only 3 of us. If three can’t run that place, then you may as well close. If I can’t sit in the lobby anymore, I’ll take my business elsewhere. Triumph Tiger
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