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by centimeter 1922 days ago
IMO it's not worth the hassle to add user feedback, because A) it takes a lot of work from the website admin B) it's usually extremely low (maybe negative) value.
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A friend of mine who frequents recipe sites pointed out to me once how often the comments are some variation of "I made this except I didn't have any X, Y, or Z so I used M, N, and O", which is great for them but it doesn't really tell you if the recipe, as written, is any good.
But is great for exploring the “solution space” of what variants people have tried and preferred.
I suspect the recipe sites care about comments and other user-generate stuff because that's how they track "engagement" and collect data to feed into their SEO/ad targeting/sales pipeline.
Yes, unless the recipe called for sugar and the "chef" who tried it was clueless and subbed something dumb like sweet curry powder and then complained the recipe sucked.
For a lot of sites I might agree, but I think individual user experiences and variations provide a lot of value on a cooking site