I think that Yelp is a cool concept, but only if you go out a lot. The problem with me is that I am a hermit. I am not actively looking for cool new places to go eat or hang out. My budget certainly doesn't help this problem either. It translates more to fast food.
The one problem I have with Yelp is that it seems really impersonal. I don't know if I am old fashioned, but I just don't know how much I trust the opinion of a stranger online about a potential lunch/dinner selection. I would rather hear this coming from somebody that I know and trust instead of Lisa D., a food-porn addict from New York City.
I understand that there are friend applications available on this website, but I don't know that I would want to start being somebody's online friend solely because we like the same restaurant. This isn't like being a Facebook friend. And how often would you be checking in on it? It is just overkill to me. I already have my Facebook that I check religiously, I don't need another one.
It just is very foreign to me. Maybe it is because I am a hermit and am scared of change, but I am going to resist it for now. Yelp just doesn't cut it for me, but I won't bad mouth it for users like April G., who is definitely in the top three good-looking girls on the street.
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