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=== Common steps === | === Common steps === | ||
* Cafe signs up | * Cafe signs up | ||
- | * Cafe registers their foursquare location | + | * Cafe registers their foursquare/ |
* Cafe creates coupon | * Cafe creates coupon | ||
=== Plan A === | === Plan A === | ||
* User follows coupon bot. | * User follows coupon bot. | ||
- | * Coupon bot listens to followees for checkins | ||
* con: requires user to know about coupon service | * con: requires user to know about coupon service | ||
+ | * Coupon bot listens to followees for checkins | ||
+ | * coupon bot sends message user with coupon | ||
=== Plan B === | === Plan B === | ||
- | * Coupon bot listens to locations. | + | * Coupon bot listens to registered |
- | * Coupon bot sends message to user with coupon | + | * Coupon bot tweets |
- | === Finally | + | === API Research |
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+ | PDX Airport most popular checkin spot in portland. The checkins for the last 3 hours are exposed. | ||
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+ | curl -u login: | ||
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+ | <user> | ||
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+ | http:// | ||
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+ | The bot could have a foursquare account, and poll locations for which coupons apply. | ||
+ | Messaging that person | ||
+ | reaching them, foursquare doesnt seem to have one. Also it could feel spammy to | ||
+ | get notified at random when checking in. | ||
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+ | $ curl -u login: | ||
+ | < | ||
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+ | http:// | ||
+ | </ | ||
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+ | Even though we are not foursquare friends, the contact information is exposed. Most conviently | ||
+ | the twitter handle is exposed. A twitter account for this same bot could public-tweeet | ||
+ | @user you've got a $1 off coupon at store X for the next 15 minutes! Any good twitter | ||
+ | client will pick up that tweet in search. |
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