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How do I add a link to a tip?


You can still add a link to a tip using the old tip system

For the past few months, foursquare users have been able to associate a link with tips they leave. It’s a great way to share a link to an events calendar, a menu or an article about a venue. Unfortunately, the new design has made it a little more difficult. The new box on each venue page that makes it easy to add tips doesn’t offer an option to add a link.

Luckily, the old system for adding tips is still active. You can access it via the “Add Things” link at the top of every page or by adding the venue ID to the end of this URL:

http://foursquare.com/add_tip?vid=

You can visit links from inside the iPhone appThe links you add are available from the venue page on the foursquare website and from the mobile apps. In the iPhone app, at least, there’s no way to know there’s a link attached to a tip until you actually click on the tip. I usually add a [LINK] pointer at the end of the tip so other users will know there’s a link included.

I also try to make sure the link is to content that’s mobile compatible. An iPhone user, for instance, is going to get annoyed if you send them a link to a Flash video.

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  1. #1 by Joshua Kaufman on July 20, 2010 - 5:48 pm

    I would gently caution against this. Encouraging people to add things via old systems, which may or may not be supported in the future, doesn’t seem like good advice. If associating a link with a tip is no longer possible, it’s likely for a good reason.

    • #2 by Chris Thompson on July 20, 2010 - 8:28 pm

      Perhaps “old” was the wrong choice of words on my part. “Original” would be more accurate. The add tip interface is very much active. It’s currently linked to at the top of every page on the foursquare site. Of course, like any of their functionality, it could be taken away at any time.

      The redesign simply added an easier way to add tips using an AJAX box directly on the venue page. That method doesn’t include a way to add a link, but the “original” method does and foursquare, and some of the people who pay them money (i.e., C-SPAN), are adding those links on a regular basis.

  2. #3 by Michael Bauser on July 23, 2010 - 4:06 pm

    Taking away the abilty to add a link to a tip would seem short-sighted. Partners like the Wall Street Journal really like adding links to tips.

    Nothing Foursquare does makes sense anymore.

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