Re:More big investors shun Deliveroo over workers' rights
by boudin on Thursday March 25, 2021 @07:11AM
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I think you meant this BBC article with the fake burger restaurant: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-48762211
Re:More big investors shun Deliveroo over workers' rights
by fatfox on Thursday March 25, 2021 @07:19AM
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Unrelated to Deliveroo, but "How to Become TripAdvisor’s #1 Fake Restaurant" (2018) was very telling as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqPARIKHbN8
From the video description:
> The Shed at Dulwich was the number one rated restaurant in London, with foodies, celebrities and bloggers trying to get a table. The main obstacle for them, however, was that it didn't exist. Over the course of 8 months VICE's Oobah Butler used an assault of fake reviews to get his 'restaurant' to the hallowed top spot on TripAdvisor.
Re:More big investors shun Deliveroo over workers' rights
by tweetle_beetle on Thursday March 25, 2021 @08:15AM
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That's the one. Well found :)
I remember seeing a journalist a few years ago demonstrating, tongue in cheek, how there is zero vetting of restaurents. He set up an account as a restaurent, put up a barbecue in front of his house on the same day and got an acquaintance to order from him. Driver showed up shortly afterwards to pick up the food (which had been dropped on the floor to make a point for the camera), no questions asked.
They're happy to run marketing campaigns about "Food Freedom" [1], but it seems like it's old "we're just a platform" selectively applied when it suits them.
[1] https://invidiou.site/watch?v=o2HaQEH6MPo