Foursquare's Swarm app has reintroduced the mayorship feature

Remember Foursquare, that cool little check-in app that added an element of competition and fun to the generally mundane? During the early days, the app was effortlessly enjoyable, and had a solid, dedicated core user base that would diligently check into coffee shops, theaters, and myriad other points of interest. Then, Foursquare decided to dice its famed app up, adding a separate, social check-in app called Swarm. Having removed global mayorship -- arguably one of the highlights of Foursquare -- and made quite a few other changes besides, the network has become a bit of a ghost-town. Now, Swarm has reimplemented mayorship the way it used to be on Foursquare, meaning your twice-daily visit to Starbucks may reward you with something other than a caffeine high.