“Location — the “where” of a social experience — is not the most important characteristic of social media. In order to create lasting value, location-aware social networks need to look at what motivates their users to share with one another and make it central to the app’s design and user experience.”
“Ultimately, the location-based social networks that will thrive in the long-term are the ones that design their user experiences around users’ real motivations. The checkin, as a stand-alone act, is fundamentally empty. It begs to be put into context.”
“Instead of creating cool games and prizes with awards and rankings, why not try to create a service that can actually help the human race, protect it and foster it. Wouldn’t that be novel?”