FourSquare vs Gowalla in Race to be Most Worthless App

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This morning at a meeting in the FourSquare offices a hot issue was the subject of debate. The very real danger of Gowalla becoming even more pointless than FourSquare was rearing its ugly head. Emergency measures needed to be taken. Some of the useless features that were brainstormed include:

• Anyone able to check in on the moon would get a “rapid decompression death imminent” badge.
• The first person to check in in Somali waters would be allowed to live by Somalian pirates.
• “Mayors” of particular locations could be challenged to a battle to the death. The winner would get a “savage blood letting” badge.

Satisfied that Gowalla would have to really put the hours in to compete with these essentially purposeless additions to the service, the staff immediately checked in at their local strip club while opportunist thieves emptied their houses.

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