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Trip Advisor used to be an awesome resource with deep knowledge about things to do and attractions in almost every city. Over the past couple of years they made
by kbos87 8y ago
Trip Advisor used to be an awesome resource with deep knowledge about things to do and attractions in almost every city. Over the past couple of years they made a hard pivot into driving bookings and its now a lot harder to find all of the solid user generated content that used to be front and center. To me, it’s long been indistinguishable from any other booking site, and there’s little reason to visit. The hard left turn toward monetizing their audience feels so short sighted, and this seems like just another optimization tactic heaped on top.
- CaptainZapp 8y agoAnd given that they promoted a non-existing London restaurant to the #1 of London restaurants[1] I'm anyway not quite sure what to think of their rankings. Reviews used to be much better 10 years ago, but a cotton-industry burping out phony reviews seems to pretty much soil the quality of the reviews. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shed_at_Dulwich https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shed_at_Dulwich
- DoctorOetker 8y agoI still think comparisons are more valuable (to both customers AND hosts) than reviews.. I made a comment roughly describing such a system on the HN thread about jail time for fake reviews on TripAdvisor: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17973147 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17973147