most of the food reviews on that website are made with money

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When dining out, it's inevitable to read food reviews online beforehand.
I feel that most of the food reviews on that website are made with money. Each rating is 4, and all of them have such high scores.
Some people may not be able to realize it, but if you look at it slowly and carefully, you may / will deduce that something is wrong.
Of course they have requirements for people who write food reviews. They must reach a certain level before somebody will pay for your good food reviews and treat you to a free meal.
Is it really so delicious? Different people have different opinions.
However, if you read the food reviews and think it's good and then patronize, they've already made money from you. If many people do the same action, the restaurant will earn much more than they would if they didn't do this paid food reviews.
Moreover, many people don't know what they are eating, and they cannot judge whether the food is good or not. Provided they are given cooked food casually. If the food does not smell bad or causes diarrhea, you will patronize that restaurant.
So, quite often (in the past) we would find out why there are so many good food reviews, but the food quality is not as expected? That is, the restaurant pays the middleman to invite people to eat, and the person who comes to eat is free. In the end, the person who eats the free meal needs to write a good food review.
／09 2023