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> The real question is: What is the alternative? Well, before the internet existed, we had word of mouth. Pretty sure word of mouth is and always has been the
by scottlocklin 7y ago
> The real question is: What is the alternative?
Well, before the internet existed, we had word of mouth. Pretty sure word of mouth is and always has been the right way of doing things. Even asking a random stranger in person is probably more signal to noise than reading the garbage posted online, and random chance aint terrible either.
Authoritative reportage also still works in some cases.
- ilikehurdles 7y agoI don't agree. Before the internet, people went to the safe/reliable/consistent chain restaurants much more than they do today, and I think it's because the internet made it easy to discover new places while also providing some predictability of whether those places would be enjoyable. It used to be when we were on a road trip and hungry, going to the Applechilibees/Olivelobster brand we recognized on the side of the road was a no-brainer, now I pull up yelp or glance at Eater a few minutes before arrival.
- JohnFen 7y ago> now I pull up yelp or glance at Eater a few minutes before arrival. Those have egregiously misled me too many times for me to look at them anymore.
- scottlocklin 7y agoI've literally never, ever had an app recommend me any restaurant (my phone doesn't do internet), and I eat at a lot of restaurants, at home, on the road and abroad. Other than the occasional MickeyD's none of them have been "chain restaurants." How have I survived without the ding dongs at Yelp telling me what to do? Hell, how have I survived without using GPS? I must have superpowers!