• Valleywag, Thursday, April 1, 2010 2:51 PM

"If you use Foursquare, you are an annoying jackass."

So says Gawker, which -- without providing any hard evidence to support its claim -- does suggest that the location-based social network is facing some cultural resistance. Gawker -- arguably an authority among cultural and media elites -- writes off Foursquare as a "fad," and, "just another narcissistic assault on decent society by urban-dwelling iPhone users."

In its defense, at one point or another, similar criticisms were all directed towards blogging, tweeting, and Facebook updates. More than just annoying behavior, however, Gawker argues that Foursquare will fail to scale because the celebrities who helped popularize Twitter value their physical privacy, and won't willingly volunteer their every move.

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