Honestly, I still trust word of mouth over review sites.

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May 26, 2020
3:29:47pm

SandYFan Troublemaker

Honestly, I still trust word of mouth over review sites.

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SandYFan

Bio page: SandYFan
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Last login: Oct 21, 2020
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How did people find quality restaurants before review sites became a thing?

Santi

5/26/20 3:24pm

Word of mouth

LiveCoug

5/26/20 3:25pm

Honestly, I still trust word of mouth over review sites.

SandYFan

5/26/20 3:29pm

You have a figure a good chunk of both positive and negative reviews are

Duke Silver

5/26/20 3:39pm

This is exactly why I'm wanting to move away from review sites.

Santi

5/26/20 3:50pm

Trial and error.

a priori

5/26/20 3:25pm

magazines and newspaper reviews meant a lot.

Cougarclaw

5/26/20 3:26pm

Also.. Zagat's

LiveCoug

5/26/20 3:29pm

I had forgotten about Zagat's. I still have some of those.

Cougarclaw

5/26/20 3:36pm

So... You're Beverly, not Hank.

LiveCoug

5/26/20 3:37pm

Ask someone coming out, as you're going in. "Was it good?"

lightmann

5/26/20 3:27pm

RE: How did people find quality restaurants before review sites became a thing?

kccougar

5/26/20 3:32pm

I think that was what made franchises so popular.

crack

5/26/20 3:40pm

Reviews have greatly improved restaurants near tourist sites.

ReyOso

5/26/20 3:42pm

People actually talked to other people.

agentx

5/26/20 4:01pm

We were less picky 30 years ago. Seems to me like we just went to restaurants, said "that was good" and then didn't

5/26/20 4:08pm

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