I'm the mayor of my house: examining why people use foursquare - a social-driven location sharing application
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There have been many location sharing systems developed over the past two decades, and only recently have they started to be adopted by consumers. In this paper, we present the results of three studies focusing on the foursquare check-in system. We conducted interviews and two surveys to understand, both qualitatively and quantitatively, how and why people use location sharing applications, as well as how they manage their privacy. We also document surprising uses of foursquare, and discuss implications for design of mobile social services.
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Users are more likely to "check-in" at public locations than at private ones.
“Users were also found to be more likely to “check-in” at public locations (e.g., restaurants) than at private ones (e.g., a doctor's office)”
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- Authors
- Lindqvist, J., Cranshaw, J., Wiese, J., Hong, J., & Zimmerman, J.
- Affiliations
- Carnegie Mellon University (US)
- Venue
- Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
- Publisher
- ACM
- Published
- 2011-05-07
- Pages
- 2409-2418
- OpenAlex
- W3121542555
- Cited by
- 362
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
- 2025: 3 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 16 · 2020: 16 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 16 · 2017: 35 · 2016: 45 · 2015: 39 · 2014: 57 · 2013: 52 · 2012: 29
- FWCI
- 132.02
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Academy of Finland
- Emil Aaltosen Säätiö
- Tekniikan Edistämissäätiö
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Privacy, Security, and Data Protection
- Social Sciences › Transportation › Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
- Keywords
- location sharing, Foursquare, privacy management, consumer adoption, user behavior
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