After 111 seemingly pointless checkins on foursquare, which had up to that point awarded me with 7 virtual badges and three mayorships at places that no one ever visits, I have finally obtained the Holy Grail of foursquare: the special.
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Most of these people use Foursquare. Devastating? Absolutely.

Recently, the location-sharing site Foursquare announced that it had surpassed 3 million registered users. Since it launched in March 2009, I prayed that this new fad would quickly fade away. Who in their right mind would want to share their location?
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