It's a logical idea for successful scene-type bars to use. The guy sounds a little clueless about SF culture, but other than that I expect it to be a reasonably

It's a logical idea for successful scene-type bars to use. The guy sounds a little clueless about SF culture, but other than that I expect it to be a reasonably successful project. He needs to be more aware of what bars he signs up, and probably more upfront with the owners. Pissing off a bunch of owners is not a good start. If they added an "attractiveness" algorithm (with an artificial boost, of course), I bet it would be even more of a feature for the right bars. I dunno. It's got potential for misuse, which will almost certainly happen, with them or their competitors, but it also seems like enough of an advantage to certain venues that it seems inevitable in some form.