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Make sure to never add people you aren't really friends with, like many people commonly do on other social networking sites. Unlike Facebook, where the emphasis is on increasing your social circle, with Foursquare, it's all about sharing information and forming a group. this is because if you have the Foursquaure app enabled on your phone and are sharing your GPS location, your frinds will be able to see your location unless you properly manage your privacy settings. Therefore be careful who you are inviting to connect on Foursquare, you don't want to be inviting some stranger to meet up with you at some place you normally visit, or be stalked. Also, be careful not to divulge too much information about your wheraabouts on location-based services such as Foursquare.
Personalize check ins:
Simply checking in and tagging yourself at different places doesn't completely satisfy the motive of location-based social networking. Instead, you can choose to get connected to your friends visiting different places via SMS or 'shouts'. You can also make use of shouts to organise meet ups or parties. You can use Foursquare as a connection platform to let your friends know that they have been invited to join you as well. to do this, simpy send them a text message about the specified event and the venue.
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Share reviews about the places you visit:
If you are already connected to a few of your friends and colleagues, you should be receiving pop-up updates whenever you check into different venues your friends have already been to. These opo-ups are tips or reviews people in your network have left at the venue. Suggestions like "try the cheese garlic naan" from people you know are obviously more trust worthy than any faceless reviews you might read on city guides or intrnet.
Now you should also plan on leaving tips and suggestions for the venue about whatever you like or dislike so that it can be of help to people who might be visiting the venue in the future or simply because it would act as a recommendation for them to pay a visit sometime soon. The tips and review pops up not only help users judge products and services but also enrich their day-to-day experiences.