"foursquare is alive and well, it's just evolving. Check-ins are an unnatural behavior and without mass adoption of technologies like NFC (which requires both phone and location side support making it expensive) we're not going to see people checking in. foursquare needs to be integrated into natural behaviors like paying in order for it to gain mass adoption. Their American Express partnership has been very successful and they are well aware of all of the UX issues inherent (I DMed the hell out of them and they were quick to respond). They know check-ins are not the future. They know it's going to take a long time before the precision is where we want it to be. They know that winning the check-in war has the equivalent significance to capturing Delaware or Estonia. They have a rabid fan base, a great development team and epic designers. Their leadership is listening and responsive and I think most importantly, when they say they are going to do something they follow through. I have..." - Schneider Mike