This is another post about Gowalla. Yes. I love Gowalla if you haven’t been able to tell. I’ve noticed several things with users since I’ve started using Gowalla last year. Here is a list of things that are not cool or cool with Gowalla & Gowalla users.
Not Cool: Foursquare’s user interface.
Cool: Gowalla’s user interface.
Not Cool: Loosing your mayorship in Foursquare.
Cool: Finding a needed bonus item in Gowalla.
Not Cool: Creating a duplicate spot.
Cool: Checking to see if there is a spot already created at your location before creating another spot.
Not Cool: Not editing a spot to fix it’s location or name after a few days.
Cool: Editing a spot after you created it to fix it’s location or name as soon as you can.
Not Cool: Creating fake spots.
Cool: Not creating fake spots.
Not Cool: Creating spots in non-interesting locations.
Cool: Creating spots in interesting locations where many people will check-in at.
Not Cool: Not dropping an item at spots when you check-in for the 1st time.
Cool: Dropping an item at spots when you check-in to them for the 1st time.
Not Cool: Creating a spot for your house. You’re not that clever.
Cool: Not creating a spot for your house. (Don’t you people see posts about this stuff?)
Not Cool: Being flooded by multiple notifications to your smartphone.
Cool: Being about to turn off notifications per user or completely.
If I come up with any more, I’ll be sure to add them. If you have any, let me know and I’ll add them to this post.





