{"id":1489,"date":"2015-05-18T08:56:20","date_gmt":"2015-05-18T08:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thisisbanter.com\/?p=1489"},"modified":"2015-05-18T08:58:53","modified_gmt":"2015-05-18T08:58:53","slug":"reviewing-the-reviews-111-may-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banter.test\/reviewing-the-reviews-111-may-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Reviewing the reviews (111, May 2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"
We\u2019re going to describe a scene which probably happened to you last week or weekend. You and your pals are planning a night out and want to go to a decent pub or restaurant so you naturally turn to your social media network for the skinny on what\u2019s good and what\u2019s not. But as we\u2019ve seen from tales of false or misleading reviews, you can\u2019t always take what you read on\u00a0TripAdvisor<\/a>,\u00a0Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Yelp<\/a>\u00a0as gospel (or even see on\u00a0Instagram<\/a>) \u2013 indeed, we know that false and misleading reviews can be positive as well as negative.\"13711-food_news\"<\/a>So just what is the value of social media reviews for the hospitality business? How do restaurant owners deal with demands from bloggers and social media activists for free meals in return for good reviews? Just how prevalent is this practice? Or does the fact that everyone can be a critic with a potentially big public reach mean the customer has a real voice and can keep venues on top of their game?<\/p>\n

The panel:\u00a0Niall Harbison<\/a>\u00a0(Lovin Dublin<\/a>\u00a0founder),\u00a0Emily Cunnane<\/a>\u00a0(senior community manager at\u00a0Yelp<\/a>) and\u00a0Leo Molloy<\/a>\u00a0(777, SuperMissSue etc)<\/p>\n

The details:<\/strong>\u00a0Banter\u2019s review of the reviews and the reviewers takes place at\u00a0MVP<\/a>\u00a0(Clanbrassil Street, Dublin 8 ) on Wednesday May 27 at 6.30pm. Admission is free, but tickets are limited and can be booked\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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We\u2019re going to describe a scene which probably happened to you last week or weekend. You and your pals are planning a night out and want to go to a decent pub or restaurant so you naturally turn to your social media network for the skinny on what\u2019s good and what\u2019s not. But as we\u2019ve … <\/p>\n

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