Gowalla returns to see if location-based networking is ready for its mainstream moment tcrn.ch/3FfquYJ by Darrell Etherington

Today my friends and I are beyond happy to introduce the new Gowalla. We believe the time is right once again for a social app to connect us with our REAL friends in the REAL world. While you grab it, let me tell you why this means so much to me 👉 gowalla.app 🧵1/x

Just for chuckles today on @Gowalla Day, a few early graphical noodlings created for little more reason than my own amusement...

IMPORTANT: New App Store build this morning fixes a sign up bug where the app provided an unhelpful error if you attempted to create a username already in use. ALSO IMPORTANT: Reactions are now ANIMATED 👋💗🔥✨ in the carousel!!

I think I need to start stepping out the house more to get more opportunities to use Gowalla. It’s 🤌

It’s almost TIME TO GO BACK! Join us with our friends at Funsize (and special guest Form Capital) tonight at the Mohawk! We’ll have drinks, swag, and vibes. #SXSW23 ARRIVE EARLY: We have a lot of RSVPs and entry will be first-come! 🥹🧡 eventbrite.com/e/576296788207

amazing to see y’all tonight! 🧡🧡 we back!!

huge thanks to everyone who came out last night to join Gowalla and Funsize for a true SXSW throwback 🎸 (great pics Vinay)

Gowalla is built on “the central belief that people are looking for ways to connect locally, in person, with the help of technology.” jw and GV’s M.G. Siegler discuss the resurgence of social map @Gowalla at this year’s #SXSW — bit.ly/3ZNli6S

📇 New build in the App Store! Today’s release fixes a bug that prevented folks with VERY LARGE address books from syncing their contacts. Now you can be as social as you want (or not)! If you were stuck and couldn’t connect with friends, let’s try again. ✨

Coming soon to a Gowalla update…

Pins v0 are live in the App Store! More achievements to come in the days ahead 🧡

With the launch of #achievements in the Gowalla app I kick off my pin collecting with a visit to Arizona over the weekend. Looking forward to new pins soon. #gowalla

🚨NEW ACHIEVEMENT ALERT: Shout out to Street Team members who recently added over 50K new places to the map. We’re closing in on 75K now! Achievement Pins have been added to the profiles for everyone who contributed to our first 3 milestones. 🧡

we’ve been told we should rebrand as Gowalla AI… but we’re torn on whether we should domain it as gowall.ai or gowalla.ai nah jk this is an OG dot com operation

OG and New G side by side!! 👀

Wearing my Gowalla hat at the Sydney Opera House feels proper

huge shout out to the nearly 3,000 map makers who have now contributed 75,000 places to the Gowalla map! we literally wouldn’t be anywhere without you 💜💜💜 if you’ve added a place to the map prior to the 75K milestone, the pin will be added to your passport soon! 🍦

We’ve been working on a way to share lists of your favorite places on Gowalla for a little while now, and I’m excited to give y’all a 👀 today. Lists will be shareable in app & beyond on social media or the web. Here’s one I’ve been working on for Napa: gowalla.com/lists/napa-val…