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You are right and wrong. It is about consumer behaviour. I can't think of a technology that is affecting consumer behaviour in a way internet does. And now it g

• bambax 15y ago
  Where would my children have to live to need technology to choose a bakery? It would have to be a place with either thousands of bakeries to choose from (not likely), or, more probably, a place with almost no bakery. If you have to drive 30 miles to find a bakery then it makes sense to try to find out which one is worth the effort. Which makes me wonder: is this an American problem? In cities where 1. almost anything is accessible by foot 2. driving is extremely annoying and expensive you have an enormous incentive to choose services based on proximity rather than their current Yelp rating (or lack thereof).
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  • anamax 15y ago
    > Which makes me wonder: is this an American problem? It is a combination of hipster fantasies, delusions, and a hope for a business model.
  • GFischer 15y ago
    As a counterexample, there's a bakery literally around the corner from where I sit. Yet, I've never eaten anything from it, preferring several alternatives that are several blocks away. Why? My coworkers warned me of dubious sanitary practices (it even looks dirty), and none of them eats there. So "social" made me not choose that bakery. A new worker at my building might not know of that, and thus might ignorantly go to that bakery. More likely, a contractor, deliveryman or similar, would find such a service very useful.