Comments on: The Information Capture Problem – Why Most Review Sites Don’t Work For Me http://drinkingoatmealstout.com/2007/10/25/the-information-capture-problem-why-most-review-sites-dont-work-for-me/ where we drink up the Web and postulate about its future Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:51:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Daniel Hall http://drinkingoatmealstout.com/2007/10/25/the-information-capture-problem-why-most-review-sites-dont-work-for-me/#comment-5055 Daniel Hall Fri, 09 Nov 2007 22:53:54 +0000 http://drinkingoatmealstout.com/2007/10/25/the-information-capture-problem-why-most-review-sites-dont-work-for-me/#comment-5055 It would be cool if people did it through <a href="http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2007/11/new-layers-in-google-earth.html" rel="nofollow">Google Earth's new functionality</a> (neighborhood-level data!), although I don't have big hopes they will. It would be cool if people did it through Google Earth’s new functionality (neighborhood-level data!), although I don’t have big hopes they will.

]]> By: BigMalik http://drinkingoatmealstout.com/2007/10/25/the-information-capture-problem-why-most-review-sites-dont-work-for-me/#comment-4874 BigMalik Sat, 03 Nov 2007 01:28:38 +0000 http://drinkingoatmealstout.com/2007/10/25/the-information-capture-problem-why-most-review-sites-dont-work-for-me/#comment-4874 Dude, You've got to have community of dedicated reviewers. Dude,

You’ve got to have community of dedicated reviewers.

]]> By: nergalicious http://drinkingoatmealstout.com/2007/10/25/the-information-capture-problem-why-most-review-sites-dont-work-for-me/#comment-4778 nergalicious Fri, 26 Oct 2007 21:22:29 +0000 http://drinkingoatmealstout.com/2007/10/25/the-information-capture-problem-why-most-review-sites-dont-work-for-me/#comment-4778 Twitter on Mobile (iPhone perhaps - I'm UK) might be a way sort of, but you'd have to put down your knife and fork, chop sticks, wipe fingers on trousers or something. Can't eat and type and voice won't work, eating is a social experience... Hmm. Interesting Twitter on Mobile (iPhone perhaps – I’m UK) might be a way sort of, but you’d have to put down your knife and fork, chop sticks, wipe fingers on trousers or something. Can’t eat and type and voice won’t work, eating is a social experience… Hmm. Interesting

]]> By: Sam Cole http://drinkingoatmealstout.com/2007/10/25/the-information-capture-problem-why-most-review-sites-dont-work-for-me/#comment-4768 Sam Cole Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:38:46 +0000 http://drinkingoatmealstout.com/2007/10/25/the-information-capture-problem-why-most-review-sites-dont-work-for-me/#comment-4768 It sounds as if the problem is getting the user to enter metadata. In order to encourage the user to take the time to add this extra piece of information you need to make it useful for the user. I.E. Netflix's recommendation system. More people will be willing to rate if it helps them in some way. It sounds as if the problem is getting the user to enter metadata. In order to encourage the user to take the time to add this extra piece of information you need to make it useful for the user.

I.E. Netflix’s recommendation system. More people will be willing to rate if it helps them in some way.

]]> By: Daniel Hall http://drinkingoatmealstout.com/2007/10/25/the-information-capture-problem-why-most-review-sites-dont-work-for-me/#comment-4767 Daniel Hall Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:59:59 +0000 http://drinkingoatmealstout.com/2007/10/25/the-information-capture-problem-why-most-review-sites-dont-work-for-me/#comment-4767 My favorite DC dining guide is <a href="http://www.tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com/2006/09/welcome_1.php" rel="nofollow">here</a>. I think your post points out that social networking sites may not work quite as well for restaurants, because people may only write about especially good or bad experiences. It may be hard to capture the (very large) middle. If we still want to know about that middle we may have to rely more on committed experts, as at the link above. My favorite DC dining guide is here.

I think your post points out that social networking sites may not work quite as well for restaurants, because people may only write about especially good or bad experiences. It may be hard to capture the (very large) middle. If we still want to know about that middle we may have to rely more on committed experts, as at the link above.

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