[viksit]

> I have to wonder though at what point is adding all those filters more involved than checking a couple boxes and glancing at a map or some photos

_When the filters are across datasets and services that are hosted on different platforms, and there's no way one UI that allows you to access them._

Table timings are on OpenTable/Yelp, reviews are on Google/Yelp, traffic is on Google, rides are on Uber and Lyft, menus are on the web, there are recommendations you trust amongst your friends and blogs, and pictures on instagram - and you're on a messaging platform trying to coordinate with 4 other people.

At that point, whatever service helps you to narrow to 4 choices based on all of this data is a Godsend. It's about making decision taking easier.

> how such a recommendation engine can best present information about tradeoffs

That tradeoffs are still yours to dictate - you simply look at the results of your complex query and then use conversation/UI to refine. Faster than using 8 services to do this. Repeatedly.