Fully agree, that's why I don't use yelp and preferred just the bite-sized reviews. The twitter style reviews managed to all impart useful info in a time frame I can consume between door of restaurant (begin check-in) and table (already have 3 inspirations on what to order).
Sadly most of my friends who don't use foursquare haven't seen it my way.
But my point is, they're still building and supporting 1 check-in app... If they'd just called that one foursquare and not remove any features, and make a new app for the rest of the world, they could still pursue that larger group of non-obsessed users that they need without alienating the people who would be happy to keep supplying them with behavioral data and content forever.
Sadly most of my friends who don't use foursquare haven't seen it my way.
But my point is, they're still building and supporting 1 check-in app... If they'd just called that one foursquare and not remove any features, and make a new app for the rest of the world, they could still pursue that larger group of non-obsessed users that they need without alienating the people who would be happy to keep supplying them with behavioral data and content forever.