Feeling uncomfortable when leaving phone at home shouldn't be normal

Re:Feeling uncomfortable when leaving phone at home shouldn'... by julianlam on Sunday May 08, 2022 @10:13PM (#31309771)

Restaurant ratings are also a poor signal precisely because they're all relative to the restaurant type.

You can't honestly say a 4.9 star McDonald's is better than a Michelin star restaurant with a rating of 4.8, but it could (and probably does) happen.

In my city, ratings for Chinese restaurants almost inversely correlate with quality. The real quality Chinese restaurants have amazing food but absolutely shite service, and it's that terrible (yet oddly authentic) service that brings down their score.

Meanwhile the Manchu Wok (sort of like a PF Chang's maybe?) next door gets a higher rating.

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Re:Feeling uncomfortable when leaving phone at home shouldn'... by JKCalhoun on Monday May 09, 2022 @10:11AM (#31314203)

Agree. Years ago when I saw Taco Bell with a 4-star rating I knew Yelp was not going to be very useful to me.

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Re:Feeling uncomfortable when leaving phone at home shouldn'... by elzbardico on Monday May 09, 2022 @08:49PM (#31321952)

I find the same with Netflix. Some absolute gems have terrible scores because it is not the usual stuff people watch on tv

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