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"this food is too spicy" at a mexican restaurant. "The rides made me want to throw up" at a wild carnival. They seem pretty easy to make. Find some feature, ma
by betenoire 9y ago
"this food is too spicy" at a mexican restaurant. "The rides made me want to throw up" at a wild carnival.
They seem pretty easy to make. Find some feature, make it "intense", make someone whine about the intensity.
But yeah, it's not really a 1 star review, the guy just doesn't get it, and we are in on the joke.
- baddox 9y agoMy favorites are the 1 star reviews of national parks. Such reviews have gotten some coverage lately in online outdoor communities. They tend to be either wilderness aficionados complaining that too many people are there taking pictures, or unprepared visitors complaining about the lack of amenities. To be clear, I can understand both (particularly the former, geez Yosemite), but both are examples of realistic expectations not factoring into the reviews. One example: https://backpackers.com/20-hilarious-one-star-yelp-reviews-of-national-parks/ https://backpackers.com/20-hilarious-one-star-yelp-reviews-o...
- PhantomGremlin 9y agoThose are great. My favorite is for Yellowstone National Park: It's like a bigger version of Central Park, only with bears.
- colechristensen 9y ago"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life." "If nobody hates you, you’re doing something wrong" Trying to be all things to all people means you'll likely be exquisitely mediocre. Excellence very often comes out of limitations, and designing whom your product is _not_ intended for can be more powerful than the opposite. Using honest feedback from someone you intended to not serve is a clever tactic and building something to get reviews like that might improve your business.
- betenoire 9y agoyeah you said it better :)
- quotemstr 9y ago"This post is offensive" on an ideas board...