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And they continue to beat up on the guy in the comments: "You represent everything that is wrong with the food industry in Los Angeles." Can you imagine that?

• zzalpha 11y ago
  There's a reason south park riffed on this in the latest season. Everyone thinks their opinion is important because the internet has made it easy for people to broadcast their complaints to the world (and yes, I realize I'm literally doing this right now). Review sites like Yelp exacerbate this by making everyone think they're a damn food critic. Throw in a heavy dose of entitlement and its a recipe for disaster.
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  • csydas 11y ago
    Well, it's more than that, I think - it's kind of why you never hear comedians lead off with "Here's a really funny joke", and it's because everyone takes stuff like that as a challenge. I haven't seen the negative reviews, but I read the article declaring Alma best new restaurant, and the article is focused a lot on the humble origins and surprisingly very little on the food. The author talks a bit on how some of the pairings were surprising, but more so because the author wasn't expecting it to be this good. I'd like to see some of the actual negative reviews, but if that's the article that brought people in, it's not hard to imagine how some might take the declaration of "best new restaurant" as a challenge instead of as a claim.
  • xivzgrev 11y ago
    At the end of the day their opinion does matter and is important. For a restaurant that has 1000 reviews the rating and comments are made up of each of those reviews. It's important to potential customers and hopefully the establishment. If they all say this food is underwhelming then that's a wake up call to owner. Its tough feedback but it's real. At the same time people do have a responsibility not to be a jackass. Don't name call, back up general comments with specifics, don't forget to point out what went well, etc.
• Spooky23 11y ago
  Foodies flexing their Yelp/Tripadvisor power are a obnoxious bunch. Stalin may be worse than this guy :) The best example of these food nuts gone wild can be found in "Mexican" restaurants all over the country. Once a small cabal of folks decide that a place isn't "authentic" or not, forget about it... They'll be whining about the lack of fish tacos or whatever forever.