The Kansas City Star: Use foursquare to Check In at One of Our Vending Machines

Anyone who is part of a social network probably has at least one friend who is on foursquare and completely overdoes it. It’s one thing to check in at the trendy new bar, restaurant, or club, but checking in at train stations, fast-food outlets, and the user’s actual home generally leads to sighing, eye rolls, and, sometimes, feeds being blocked.

This issue doesn’t seem to faze The Kansas City Star, however, as the newspaper teamed up with the location-based mobile app to designate more than 1,600 venues with the tag, “KC Star Newspaper Box,” as well as applying the “Ink Magazine” tag to 1,717 retail locations and 1,575 venues in the metropolitan area.

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