The analysis on Foursquare data involved a bunch of challenges. Akin to the rest of our social media sources, we will try to enumerate the challenges associated with Foursquare data:
Data extraction: The most obvious problem in dealing with Foursquare data analytics is the lack of a decent package. This makes the data extraction process extremely cumbersome and low level. This was one of the most remarkable challenges about the Foursquare application.
API changes: All the social media services keep tinkering with their APIs frequently. This makes it a challenge for the developer to continually adapt to those changes. This often means a lot of code rewriting every time your favorite social media application launches some changes in its APIs. This constant tussle with the changes is at times extremely frustrating and time consuming.
Privac y: Privacy is a glaringly important challenge in any social media analytics. We always strive to study the users...