Why I Love the Foursquare Multi-Photo Check-in

Taking the Foursquare Photo Checkin to the Next Level

I’m a huge fan of the photo checkin on Foursquare. When I see a friend checkin somewhere interesting to me, I always leave a comment on that checkin saying “photo checkin pls” and I usually get one back.

The check-ins with the photos are the ones that stand out in the feed on the phone. And for that reason, I put a photo in almost every check-in I do. It just makes Foursquare so much richer.

But the killer move is the “multi photo check-in”. Not everyone knows this but you can add more photos to a check-in. If you just open that check-in on your phone, there is a camera button that allows you to add more photos.

Last night my colleague Gary Chou was eating sushi and started doing a multi photo check-in. I begged him to stop as I was starving and hadn’t eaten in a long time.

When Christina went down to OccupyWallStreet, she did a twelve photo check-in, which I can’t seem to find on Foursquare right now or I’d link to it. It’s essentially a photo collage of her visit there. It is great. (update: Christina provided this link to her OWS visit in the comments.)

These multi photo check-ins remind me of the blog posts Gotham Gal does on her restaurant reviews. In fact Foursquare could make doing a restaurant review on a blog a piece of cake with a slick export check-in feature. Consider that a feature request, Alex and Dennis.

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