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Linking foursquare with Facebook Profile
Posted by dwaynekilbourne in 4SqTIPS, Foursquare Help on May 30, 2011
As many know, foursquare allows its users to link their Twitter and Facebook profiles. For many, this feature is great; these users like the option to share check-ins on these two major networks. Personally, I have both (Twitter and Facebook) linked to my foursquare profile, but I have heard a number of people experience an issue with their Facebook link. Some users have had their Facebook profile connected for some time, and the share functionality was working very well since the day they linked the two profiles together, but many have found that the link somehow became broken. In these cases, a foursquare user would check-in somewhere with the Facebook share option engaged and think he or she was successfully pushing that check-in to his/her Facebook profile. Later, he or she would look back at the Facebook profile to find nothing posted. Many savvy foursquare users would then check their settings to make sure that everything looked right, and many of them would notice that the connection seemed to be working. So, why wasn’t it posting correctly? Well, I am not sure if it was an issue with the Facebook profile, with the foursquare profile, or a combination of the two, but I have a simple way to fix this issue. To resolve this issue, I have found the following steps to be successful:
1. Using your desktop browser of choice, log into your Facebook profile
2. Using a new browser tab, log into your foursquare profile
3. Click on the Settings link (located in the upper right side of foursquare profile page)
4. Once on the setting page, scroll down to the Linked Accounts section
5. Click on the “change” link that appears under the Linked To [your Facebook Profile name] area
6. Click the “UNLINK YOUR FACEBOOK ACCOUNT” link
7. Finally, reconnect your Facebook profile in the same way you did long ago (accepting all Facebook sharing permission requests)
Essentially, this refreshes your connection, and your next check-in share should work just fine. Of course, I highly recommend that you give it a try as soon as you can so you know that it is working. For example, if you check-in at your home, go ahead and share it on Facebook. If the check-in works, you can always go back and delete that Facebook update in your newsfeed. Well, I hope that helps. As always, keep those foursquare questions coming; let us at Foursquare Help know if this solution worked for you!
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Pictures Now Show On Facebook When You Check In On Foursquare
It has been fun to add pictures while checking in on foursquare. Here’s a new change that we recently noticed on Facebook. (Some of you may have noticed before us!) Instead of having to click the link to foursquare.com to see the picture, now the image seamlessly appear the status update replacing the map that would normally appear.
I’m really happy that this has happened. I’d sometimes click on links showing [PIC] but this now removes that extra step. Hopefully this starts to work on Twitter soon!
Here’s a recent example that caught our attention.
Are you more likely to share your check ins with pictures on Facebook?
UPDATE – Thanks Brian, for letting us know this has been around for a while.
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5 Reasons Foursquare is Superior to Places
Posted by Bryan Jackson in Businesses, Indianapolis, Wabash Valley on August 24, 2010
By now I am certain you have heard all of the hype and hoorah around Facebook’s new product called Places. The service allows users to share their location and discover new hot spots by following the stops of people in their network.
I continue to read and hear about how Facebook has 500 million users and as soon as they get a few more features and business engagement they will kill all other LBS (Location Based Software) services.
While the folks at Facebook haven’t confirmed how Facebook Places might eventually integrate with Facebook’s business pages, this is undoubtedly in the works and once it happens the implications are obvious — companies will have an easy opportunity to market and promote their services on the most popular and powerful social media platform. – PC World
Give me a freaking break, are you serious? Have we all forgotten all of the privacy and ethical crap Facebook has done over the past 6 months? Let me help refresh your memory.
- Amid Backlash Facebook tries to save face
- After an outcry over a news feed feature, the site is tightening privacy protections—and promises to do market testing next time
- Facebook CEO admits mistakes on privacy control
- Why You Can’t Block Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook
Below are 5 reasons that I believe Foursquare is a superior service to Facebook Places. Read the rest of this entry »
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