“An apparent victim of the company’s privacy redesign: Facebook Places, the Foursquare-like mobile feature the social network added a year ago to much fanfare. Some went so far as to speculate that the launch of Places would put Foursquare out of business. Foursquare’s future is far from certain, but clearly, if it doesn’t succeed, it won’t be because of Facebook. But it isn’t getting out of location entirely. It’s phasing out Places, which was a mobile-only feature, and is adding location to all posts. As Facebook explained: Going Forward: Now you can add location to anything. Lots of people use Facebook to talk about where they are, have been or want to go. Now you can add location from anywhere, regardless of what device you are using, or whether it is a status update, photo or Wall post. Of course, you can always choose not to add location at all.”
— Facebook checks out of check-ins, but not location | Econsultancy
