Foursquare now gives ratings for locations, becomes Yelp competitor

Re:Foursquare now gives ratings for locations, becomes Yelp ... by Shenglong on Monday November 05, 2012 @04:43PM (#4745953)

"I am giving this place 1 star because the server looks like my ex-boyfriend who cheated on me".

Hardest I've laughed in about a week. +1

I guess the problem is that objective information is hard to standardize in a reviewing system. Plus, I've actually been wondering whether humans would view objective statistics with more faith than human reviews - no matter how ridiculous they are.

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Re:Foursquare now gives ratings for locations, becomes Yelp ... by rdl on Monday November 05, 2012 @05:36PM (#4746191)

I only really care about restaurant reviews, and on Yelp, the only way I've found it to work is to find a single reviewer who is methodical (and basically inhuman) to follow, then rely on that person's reviews.

(http://www.yelp.com/user_details?userid=kSfj8tii1tw8bH1OYmb-... is the finest reviewer ever in the Mountain View/mid-Peninsula level. 75% of all value I get out of Yelp comes from that person; the remaining 25% is knowing about hours, address, and phone number better than crappy restaurant websites.)

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Re:Foursquare now gives ratings for locations, becomes Yelp ... by mahyarm on Monday November 05, 2012 @08:58PM (#4746871)

Almost sounds like you want something like zagat.

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Re:Foursquare now gives ratings for locations, becomes Yelp ... by rdl on Monday November 05, 2012 @09:05PM (#4746887)

Zagat or Michelin with 1000x more reviewers, which is the promise of a site like Yelp or Foursquare. If a business has been around for a few years, I already probably know about it. What I want is great reviews of new businesses, or rapid re-reviews if something changes, which Zagat and Michelin are poor for.

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