How about local chowhound wikis?
As a frequent visitor to the Los Angeles board, it strikes me that:
1) About eighty percent of the conversations revolve around the same hundred or so restaurants;
2) Strewn throughout the archives is A TON of information/ordering suggestions/discussions about these places
3) The exact same questions come up cyclically every month or so (what's the best sushi in LA? Is it true that X restaurant has gone downhill? etc.)
So, how about a wiki-type feature for the most-discussed restaurants, which would allow discussions to evolve over time, and in sum would create a very useful city eating guide? Not to mention making researching places much easier than it is now, since combing through threads takes time and there's so much overlap.
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Tatum
Jan 14, 2007 03:26 PM
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Bob Martinez
Dec 22, 2006 02:01 PM
You're right of course. What's especially ironic is that this idea too has surfaced dozens of tiles. Here's a couple of threads -
http://www.chowhound.com/topics/338834?query=repetition&user_name=
http://www.chowhound.com/topics/316226?query=repetition&user_name=
And one of my replies -
http://www.chowhound.com/topics/show/...With all respect for those who built this wonderful resource, the simple truth is that Chowhound is a site that's optimized for newbies. It's time for it to grow up.
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