Gowalla ist für Sammler, Foursquare für Jäger
Posted on 27. Nov, 2009 by Sebastian Keil in Werkzeug/ Spielzeug
Auf sebastiankeil.de habe ich mal ein paar Gründe niedergeschrieben, die aus meiner Sicht dafür sprechen, dass man in Deutschland eher Gowalla als Foursquare nutzen wird.
#1: We (ze German’s) actually prefer the GPS-requirement built-into Gowalla. Not only does it make adding new places super easy, it also gives us structure, exactness. We like the categories, too. All neat and clean. Hi-tech for the country (once) known for hi-tech. The exactness of the GPS relates to the punctuality our train system is known for (which everybody outside of Germany is in awe of while the we only complain).
#2: Foursquare is for hunters, Gowalla for collectors. Gowalla, while a social game, feels more about me. I could play this by myself, collecting item after item, droppping the inflationary Alamofires and blenders. Foursquare is more about adding new places, outhustling the other players. To oversimplify, I can be good at Gowalla despite not going out that often at night. I could even go further and blame this behaviour on our role in WW2 and argue that in the aftermath our role in history is being the passive, polite bystander, not the hunter.
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