Gowalla Over Foursquare
So here’s the deal. I’m not an expert, and I have openly expressed my thoughts on those that think they are experts here on the interweb, but I’ve had a ton of people has me, ‘Why Gowalla over Foursquare or Facebook Places’, so I thought I’d answer here. Quite simply. I like it better. I like that I can contact the CEO and several employees in the company and work with them to do things. I like that aesthetically they don’t look like they were made on a 2004 Windows machine. I like that they have strict “rules” as to what their product will look like. And I like that they stepped up to Foursquare and used their own API to incorporate it into their app.
Sure, they aren’t the biggest, but I love how they work and I love that they are making strides to become the best by doing things well. They don’t just want to crash into something and try to be the biggest. They want to be best before they are the biggest. And I think they are on their way.
So, while I know that Foursquare and Facebook Places might be the most widely used, I’m sticking to Gowalla and making it my goal to convince you all to go that way too. They deserve it. Not to mention they’ve got some cool things planned in the future… I’ve heard.
Which are you using?
Neither. I think I kind of get the gist of what it IS (tells people where you’re at.) I have a question for YOU. Why is this app (haha…I can now play in all your iphone games since I finally have one too
something I should have??
Why do you have Facebook or Twitter?
You pretty much summed it all up; gowalla feels like someone actually cares about the app and what it does.
Plus I won $50.
I get your point. I’ve been an avid FourSquare user from nearly day 1 and have “talked” with several of their peeps, like Dennis Crowley and made recommendations. They grew so quickly that they weren’t ready to handle the volume of checkins and venues that were being created, which has led to a clutter of duplicate venues and downtime. They’re getting better, but they still have a ways to go.
I’ve tried Gowalla, just wasn’t a fan. They received Disney’s endorsement though, which speaks volumes so at some point, I may have to give them another shot.
I use it, but forget most of the time! I use it over the others because my daughter goes to church with the guys who developed it! Here we go again with worlds colliding! Yup. My daughter just knows all the right people, I guess! And I “know” you. Etc. Etc. Etc!!