FourSquare: Good For Business or Invitation for Stalkers? You Decide.
I just joined Foursquare about a week ago, tried it out a bit, also there was an article in the recent Realtor magazine that explained how real estate professionals can benefit from Foursquare. Because I am still new I am weighing the pros and the cons to this site. Listed below you will see the benefits and the downside that I have found to Foursquare.
PRO'S:
It gives you more opportunities to personally connect with people if you find that they are in the same vicinity as you.
You can become Mayor of your favorite spot, by becoming mayor that doesn't only give you notarity but also in some places, comes with some perks.
You can register you office on Foursquare, then you can share information about about your doing, like meeting with a buyer, closing a property, going to the team meeting, etc.
CON'S:
I personally am a paranoid individual.. If you ever look at my facebook post I never let anyone know what I am doing or where I am at, at any given moment. I don't feel that it is safe. My posts are usually pending (example: I am thinking about possibly going to Disneyland later) or Past tense (example: Disneyland was a blast!! Glad to be home!)
Let's just say one of your neighbors just happens to be a psycho-path that just happens to be on Foursquare and managed to track you down because you are regularly checking into the same vicinity that they are in, they know where you are, they know when you are not home, so they know when the best time would be to break into your house and take your 55 inch.
Of course on Foursquare you can check into your open houses and give neighborhood information, that is a great advantage, but the disadvantage is.... Any predatory person in that vicinity is going to see the opportunity in that and could very well take advantage of it.
Me personally I do not see the great benefit in Foursquare, that is just my honest opinion. I feel it challenges the safety and well being of people, definately making it easier for stalkers and dishonest people to take advantage of the information they are recieving on a minute by minute basis.
Everyone has their own opinions and are still developing opinions about this new media, but for me I don't see the benefit and I would prefer not to be stalked and not to have people know where I am at at every given moment, if you want to know what I am doing.... Call me... I answer my phone.
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