Comments on: The German collectors – reasoning why Germany will be Gowalla territory, not Foursquare

By: Gowalla wins the SXSW round

Gowalla wins the SXSW round — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:47:34 +0000

[...] yes, I have written before that I have written before about Gowalla. As somebody who didn’t go to SXSW but downloaded the newest versions of Gowalla and [...]

By: planetsab

planetsab — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:47:10 +0000

Hard to argues with that. Anyway, only time will tell.

By: Gerald Hensel

Gerald Hensel — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:12:37 +0000

Thanks for the trackback. Personally I think Foursquare will win or will enventually be the model which succeeds. I think the Gowalla concept will be boring after a while, as Foursquare’s competitive character will make us check in for a longer time. But maybe it’s because I would consider myself as a hunter.

By: kosmar

kosmar — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:26:57 +0000

i see. well, yes, berlin was the first city in private beta in germany, afair – and they already do have partner venues in the city.

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:20:17 +0000

Originally, i had a paragraph included how the Berlin cloud seems to be much more into foursquare than gowalla. However, i think that is due to berlin being even ahead of the early adopters, being able to attract bigger small masses. Looking at Germany as a whole, i think gowalla is the better fit.

By: kosmar

kosmar — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:58:44 +0000

i musitdisagree from experience. i have both accounts, but far more friends in foursquare.

i admit foursquare being also the one i use (having an android phone only … ), may bias my pov.