<story><title>2011: The Year the Check-in Died</title><url>http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/2011_the_year_the_check-in_died.php</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>harryh</author><text>So two points here:&lt;p&gt;1) Usage on foursquare is up 40% since the beginning of the year.&lt;p&gt;2) We&apos;ve always seen the checkin as just the beginning of what we want to accomplish. With the launch of explore and specials 2.0 we&apos;ve started to get more of our vision out into the world. You can expect more of this sort of thing from us over the course of 2011.&lt;p&gt;-harryh, engineering lead @ foursquare.&lt;p&gt;ps: Want to be a part of it? We&apos;re hiring! &lt;a href=&quot;https://foursquare.com/jobs/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://foursquare.com/jobs/&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>wyclif</author><text>I&apos;d be much more excited about Foursquare as a place to work if they did not require a CS degree. It tells me a lot about the culture at 4sq, and what it is telling me is not good. Just a thought.</text></comment>
<story><title>2011: The Year the Check-in Died</title><url>http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/2011_the_year_the_check-in_died.php</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>harryh</author><text>So two points here:&lt;p&gt;1) Usage on foursquare is up 40% since the beginning of the year.&lt;p&gt;2) We&apos;ve always seen the checkin as just the beginning of what we want to accomplish. With the launch of explore and specials 2.0 we&apos;ve started to get more of our vision out into the world. You can expect more of this sort of thing from us over the course of 2011.&lt;p&gt;-harryh, engineering lead @ foursquare.&lt;p&gt;ps: Want to be a part of it? We&apos;re hiring! &lt;a href=&quot;https://foursquare.com/jobs/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://foursquare.com/jobs/&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>sheriff</author><text>Usage being total checkins per month?&lt;p&gt;I&apos;d be more interested in a comparison of engagement (checkins per account per month) over time. 
The first metric can hide declining engagement if there are sufficiently many latecomers who haven&apos;t burnt out yet.</text></comment>