‘I tricked TripAdvisor to make my shed its top restaurant’
A writer has told ĢƵ 5 live how he tricked TripAdvisor into making his shed the number one restaurant in London.
Speaking to Emma Barnett, Oobah Butler explained how he created a fake restaurant in his garden using photographs of food made up of bleach and shaving foam.
A spokesman for TripAdvisor, which has since deleted the listing, said: “Generally, the only people who create fake restaurant listings are journalists in misguided attempts to test us. As there is no incentive for anyone in the real world to create a fake restaurant.”
For more information on Oobah Butler’s experiment, see his article on Vice.com (see related links, below).
(Photos: Chris Bethell and Theo McInnes)
This clip is originally from 5 live Daily on Thursday 7 December 2017.
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