You know you’re addicted to Foursquare when…

Time for a bit of humour! For those who use location-based social networking service Foursquare (or if you know someone who does), there’s a few sure signs that a 12-step program might be in your or that person’s future.

Without further ado, you know you’re addicted to Foursquare when:

1. You make extra stops on the way home just to check in
2. You check in to your house when you get home at night AND when you get up the next day
3. Every one of your friend’s houses is on Foursquare… even though not all your friends are
4. You check Foursquare to see where your friends are instead of just calling them
5. You get excited when you meet someone new who’s on Foursquare. Genuinely.
6. You check in at every train station on the way home for the points
7. You check Foursquare for restaurant suggestions before you check the SMH Good Food Guide/Zagat
8. You go through locations reading tips when you’re bored.
9. You go through locations adding tips when you’re bored.
10. You start collecting badges that you’d rather not be awarded (e.g. a MALE friend of mine who scored the “Housewife” badge!)
11. You turn on international data roaming and pay a fortune so you can check in on vacation
12. You time your check ins so that you don’t do more than three in 15 minutes
13. When you read that you knew what it meant
14. You get upset when there’s no 3G reception and you can’t check in
15. You get upset when Foursquare says you’re too far and withholds points
16. You get really excited when you become mayor of a venue
17. You do a victory dance when you become mayor of a venue
18. You get upset when you’re ousted as mayor of a venue
19. You make it a point to win back that mayorship
20. You start Twitter stalking the guy who stole that mayorship