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Yes. That was one of the reasons we were so successful at letslunch: the reviews can't be gamed. You can't ask your friends to review you, because we decide who gets to meet with you. Read some of the profiles like http://letslunch.com/public/316799/Luke_Stangel and judge for yourself, I believe those reviews are way more honest.

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Of course, letslunch seems to game people as well: It's clear reading on other sites that letslunch is only active in some cities, but there is no way to find out this fact _anywhere_ on your site until after you've signed up.

Considering that for 90% of the life of the site, the home page said "for silicon valley" in bold, h1 headers, I wouldn't call that gaming. Now to take your valid criticism into consideration, I added a mention to the FAQ.

Minor nitpick - there's a misspelling in the newly posted FAQ: "althoug we'd love..."

Thanks - fixed. I think we got that thread off-topic enough for the day.

letslunch is a very cool concept, but how often do you get negative reviews? For example, if I lunched with Bill Gates, and even if he was an asshole who did not stop talking on his cell phone during most of the meal, what is my incentive to give him a bad review?

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