Dear Foursquare,
I’ve gotta gett his off my chest, so here it is…
I’ve been having mixed feelings about our replationship recently. I’ve started feeling a bit crowded. I need some space. I don’t want everyone knowing where I am all the time. You know how much I love you and I really like what you do.
It’s not you, it’s me. 
I don’t wanna break up, I just need some space. I want the mystery back in our relationship. I want things more like they used to be.
We have so many great memories and you’re always bringing me closer to my friends (Twestival, Foursqaure Day, Earthquake/Superswarm, Karaoke, NXNE). I still want more of that.
It’s the little things, the little checkins all the time here and there, it’s getting to be too much. I’m taking back the pants.
Please no hard feelings. Remember when I made that awesome shirt for your birthday?
I’ll checkin at work tomorrow. Love you.
xo CASIE
Dear FourSquare, I'm seeing someone new who only tells me close friends where I'm at when I'm in a jam. I love you @safekidzone
I decided that I'll only check in when I'm actually having a “night out”, etc. I think that's how it was intended, anyway? And I think maybe that's maybe part of the reason it got more popular than Brightkite. You didn't even get points way back when if you checked in during business hours. It's my rule, so there are exceptions sometimes. I can't see wanting to check in at the grocery store, but sometimes I check in at my own apartment if my friends are hanging out there with me. But it gets in the way of life, sometimes. That's the same reason I don't take many pictures. I'd rather experience and remember the moment on my own or from one or two pics than document (and take away from) the experience in order to better remember what…? the day I documented that experience that I could have been living instead?
Exactly. I also have a couple incidents where people tweeted my or creeped up on me after I checked in somewhere and I though, this is not safe.
Yeah, SKZ FTW!
Hy husband's job as a musician depends somewhat on people knowing where he is, and by extension, it's impossible for my own location to be a secret a lot of the time. And because of the business we do, if you know where to look, my home address is, by the strictest definition, public knowledge. I'm not so careful with that information, because the real creeps always find it anyway, so I've definitely had my share. It's lovely logging in to your email to find out someone with a grudge has arranged a gang bang at your apartment on Cragslist. I don't know why anyone else would invite that kind of thing when they can completely avoid it! Though, I suppose… all of our home addresses used to be listed in the white pages of the phone book!
Wha? Craigslist gangbang? All I can think about is in Old School when the dude shows up and says “hi, i'm here for the gangbang” love that movie.
We were watching that movie daily for a while. And yeah, it was pretty much like that, or would have been, if whoever posted it had known my buzzer number (and if my buzzer worked!) One of the guys found my e-mail and told me about it later. Also, apparently I set up dates to go out for sushi or something with a couple other guys that contacted me later, annoyed that they got stood up. WTF? How does that work as a prank? I'm obviously not going to show up if I don't know about it!