Early Check-In on foursquare

In scoping the corners of the Interweb for articles on creative uses for foursquare, we came across this amusing article on thinking outside of the box (or, shall we say, “square”) by Cheeky Geek blogger, Mark Drapeau.

You can use Web 2.0 tools any way you want – not just the way the majority of bloggers say you should…So, in that vein, I’ve been using FourSquare in some interesting ways. One thing I’ve been doing is what I call “pre-boarding,” that is, checking into real places that definitely exist but are not open yet. I became the mayor of a new cafe opening in May today in my work neighborhood. It’s legit – I walked by it. And it benefits the community – Now when it opens, it’s already in the FourSquare system, and a social network has been jump-started. And it benefits the business – it’s free advertising on social networks.

We really don’t have much to add to his novel approach to, er, taking advantage of Web 2.0, but we do wonder, “Is pre-boarding cheating?” If fact, we wonder what kind of havoc we could wreak on foursquare’s new trending feature with pre-boarding.

Tags: cheating, check-in, coming soon venues, foursquare, pre-boarding