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All member reviews for foursquare

Parent
April 12, 2010
 
For children ages 18 and up.
This website seems inappropriate for children until they are 18 years old. Why? There is alot of foul langauge, sex issues, and privacy issues.

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Educator and Parent of 6 and 10 year old
February 4, 2010
 
I like it for me but not for kids unless over 17!

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Teen, 16 years old
March 6, 2011
 
foursquare is totally awseome!!!!!!!

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Kid, 13 years old
November 9, 2010
 
Dangerous

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Adult
January 27, 2011
 
Any social networking site can be dangerous. The best way to deal with this is to create an account of your own, and make your child add you to the friend list with full access. This way you'll be able to see what they're saying, and decide whether or not it could be dangerous, or inappropriate.

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Kid, 12 years old
April 12, 2011
 
A great way to explore the city with your friends and family!
Let me tell you this: foursquare is an amazing website - when put to use correctly. foursquare is a new generation of social networks that allow you to 'check in' (broadcast your location online) to your favourite places, be it the public park, or a local Starbucks. It also lets you leave online 'tips' for the places. These are essentially mini-reviews or, as the name suggests, tips (e.g. "Ask for the secret sauce!" at a burger restaurant). Whilst it does have some significant security vulnerabilities - mainly the fact that it openly broadcasts your location publicly - foursquare, if used correctly, can become a great way to explore your town or city with your family or friends. The bottom line, however, is that, unless your child is about 15/16 years old, do not let your child create your own account. My account is my parents as well, and they control it. It could give away your location to pedophiles, etc. although while the government promotes it, most of the internet is not full of rapists that will abduct your children. It's a very stereotypical view. The pure reason I have rated it on for 11+ is because it is a brilliant way to find potential new restaurants/places of leisure for you and your family!

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Adult
September 20, 2010
 
Can safely be used, but can be very dangerous.
Make it easier for pedophiles to know where you hang out! And they get 5 points for adding their house. 5 points is 5 points, ya know. Then, some people like to use the shout-outs to say things that aren't always appropriate. Yes, you can limit your information to friends, but then you take some of the intrigue out of the game. So why bother in the first place?

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Kid, 9 years old
March 19, 2011
 
SHOULD BE NO KIDS!!
People put inappropriate and sometimes dodgey stuff.

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Kid, 12 years old
March 1, 2012
 
what the heck
for 17 yrs olds kiddin right just language on this so what it is life people so people can take words like what they have use it

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