What is Bestivity all about?
http://www.bestivity.com/what_is_the_best/way-to-master-remote-viewing-skills
I didn't expect this and was quite surprised.
Are they sweeping questions from Mahalo or just from Twitter?
What can you tell me about this service called Bestivity?
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The answers seem to be very minimalist, and with little or no supporting evidence.
One question that caught my eye was this, on the best sushi place in London:
http://www.bestivity.com/what_is_the_best/sushi-restaurant-in-london
Their answer is a place called Akari, which is implausible. It is a "gastropub", which is a pub that serves superior, or at least decent, food. It's not a high end restaurant.
The London eating out "Bible", Time Out, gives it 3 stars out of a possible 5.
http://www.timeout.com/london/restaurants/reviews/10391.html
Time Out's listing of Japanese restaurants includes a number of upscale places to get sushi with 4 and 5 star ratings, and even a budget place with a 5 star rating. At least one place on that list is Michelin starred.
http://www.timeout.com/london/restaurants/search.php?type=restaurants&fpath_CategoryId=%2F0%2F105%2F74%2F
The place that Bestivity mentioned is neither the best, nor is it especially famous.
So how did they come to pick it?
Well... there's no way to prove it, but maybe it's no coincidence that if you Google "best sushi restaurant London"....
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=best+sushi+restaurant+london
The top search result is this alphabetical directory listing....
http://www.squaremeal.co.uk/restaurants/london/selection/102/Best_Japanese
Akari is first on that list because it is first in alphabetical order. Even in that list, there are restaurants with a higher star rating, a fact that seems to have escaped Bestivity researchers, if they may be so termed.
CSI: Mahalo concludes that the likely way they work is to Google the question, and take the first result they spot, don't bother to examine it closely, and cut and paste some text from it as their answer.
From http://www.squaremeal.co.uk/restaurants/london/view/99881/Akari
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If you compare body types to Japanese noodle varieties, the supple servers at Akari clearly belong in the slender soba category. The tables are too closely packed to allow easy passage for anyone else, as udon-framed diners discover when drawing back their chairs. Akari’s transformation from French restaurant to open-kitchen ‘izakaya’ gastropub has proved a success – perhaps too great a success for the early converts who now find it hard to book a weekend table. The varied small-plates repertoire is prepared & delivered with skill & pizzazz. No one skips edamame, & the number of ‘musts’ grows as you get to know the menu: standouts range from nasu dengaku (deep-fried aubergine with miso paste) to panko-crusted deep fries & assortments of grilled fish, including yellowtail belly & cheek. The Japanese beer selection features both familiar & obscure lagers.
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Btw, you might spot they don't actually mention sushi in their review!
From Bestivity...
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The best sushi restaurant in London is Akari, located at 196 Essex Road, London N1 8LZ. Akari’s transformation from French restaurant to open-kitchen ‘izakaya’ gastropub has proved a success – perhaps too great a success for the early converts who now find it hard to book a weekend table.
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You will note that their entire answer consists of the restaurant address, available from the source, and a couple of sentences lifted directly from the source. There is no attribution either.
Not exactly impressive huh?
You really want the best sushi in London, I suggest you have a look at this from a London newspaper:
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/restaurants/article-23422253-londons-best-japanese-restaurants.do
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M$They have a thing on their page that says they are willing to meet with anyone who has an idea that will make money. They will host it, and manage it. As well as train any staff the original website had.
To me it just sounds...dumb for a lack of a better word.
I honestly wouldn't trust it...and it wouldn't surprise me if they are going around and ripping off ideas from other sites including Mahalo.
Hopefully that answers your question to some extent. There really isn't much information that I could find...it seems very basic...
I'm curious to see what some other users answers are. :)
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@baka13 it could be possible...I don't remember seeing any link connecting the two...but you never know...I will have to check and see if I can find any connection!
I wonder if this W3matter is at all connected with W3schools, the website that teaches coding.
Exactly...that's a big reason why I said I wouldn't trust them...sound like a bunch of greedy money hungry people to me!! There just isn't enough information on them...and I always put up a red flag when I see that...if they expect people to trust them and use their services then they should make it apparent who they are, not just a few tidbits and that's it...
Hello tealmyster: you said "they are willing to meet with anyone who has an idea that will make money." it sounds like w3matter are more interested in making money than actually helping out. Socializing is also important.
I believing they are taking questions from all the similar websites. I noticed they have some localized questions.
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