Mar 12, 2008
Don't look now, but there appears to be a counter-reaction to user-generated travel websites, a growing skepticism as to their worth
I've been vindicated. After many months of serving as one of the few journalistic opponents to the user-generated travel websites (I've written that they are prepared by inexperienced amateurs who have no comparative judgment, who have only been to one hotel or one restaurant in the city they're reviewing), none other than Newsweek magazine has quoted a research specialist who claims that the public is growing weary of greenhorn dabblers. She cites, as support for the counter-trend, the popularity of About.com (www.about.com), which relies on experts for its judgments, and the similar success of bigthink.com (www.bigthink.com), "where depth of knowledge and expertise reign."
So now there's someone else who's crying in the wilderness (like me): Bring back the experts! Down with the dilettantes!
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So now there's someone else who's crying in the wilderness (like me): Bring back the experts! Down with the dilettantes!
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