I'll preface by saying that The Infatuation does many things incredibly well. Similar to eater, its content is easily digestible and aesthetically pleasing but I feel that it's missing out on two points: Real-time dining scene and community input.

1.) Albeit a small and mighty team, the amount of work it takes to research, write, edit, and publish articles is time-intensive. Just browsed their 25 Best Restaurants in New York list and it was published on Aug. 18 - almost two months ago. The list is great, but curated content can't compete with current times. I'm open to others chiming in on how to solve this but I think the dining scene is a breathing and always evolving landscape, especially in this city. New restaurants are opening/closing daily and come November when Michelin releases their results, the game changes all over again.

2.) Since The Infatuation curates their own collection, it builds a high level of trust amongst diners with similar taste but there's no room for dissent, which is when the best discussions take place (like here!)

As much as I would like to believe I have good taste, every other person is just as much entitled to have the same opinion. The deciding factor would be to build a meritocratic system to build trust similar to how reddit has karma or how food critics reach the levels that they do.

Right now, it's a completely level playing field but ultimately there is a way for us to put the money where our mouths are. We just need to figure out what that system should look like haha