“Fiona from Foodspotting here
You may recall a few weeks ago, we asked all our Foodspotting users to help us identify the first group of Super Spotters, those within our community who have made significant contributions to Foodspotting.
After much analysis, I’m very happy to report that you’re part of our initial group of 100 Super Spotters – yay!
It’s a smaller group for now, but we’re hoping you can help us pilot the program.”
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Descobri o Foodspotting este verão, durante as férias na Eslovénia. Eu fotografava tudo o que comíamos por lá e a Ana mostrou-me o site
Assim que cheguei a Lisboa, criei uma conta e comecei a colocar online todas as fotografias de comida que tinha no meu arquivo. Sou a utilizadora mais activa em Lisboa e arredores – creio que foi isso que me levou a ser escolhida para o primeiro grupo de Super Spotters -, mas tenho pena. Gostava de ver mais fotografias apetitosas por lá! Gostava também que os utilizadores respeitassem o objectivo do projecto e não colocassem fotografias daquilo que comem em casa… A ideia é consultar o site para escolher um restaurante onde ir, baseando-nos na comida que outros utilizadores já experimentaram e recomendam. Não posso ir comer a vossa casa, pois não? Então qual é o objectivo?
Fiquei muito contente por ser escolhida, apesar de ainda não saber exactamente o que é suposto fazer. Não querem participar também?

Founding Principles
Foodspotting makes finding and sharing food recommendations easier: Instead of reading and writing reviews of restaurants, you can share photos of specific foods you recommend and see what’s good wherever you go.
1. It’s just about the food: It’s not about the place, the price, the surroundings, the crowd or the nutritional value — it’s just about good food and where to find it.
2. Good food can be found anywhere: We built Foodspotting to work in any city, small town or country from the start. It encourages exploration — trying new things vs. following the crowd.
3. Meaningful ratings: The blue ribbon (the “nom”) means more because it’s hard to get. Foodspotters earn the right to nom foods by demonstrating expertise and building up reputation points.
4. Not every food, just the good food: Foodseekers aren’t interested in the foods that you hate, they want to know what you love. We believe people will tend to spot the foods that they like and to nom the foods that are amazing.
5. Celebrates and integrates with what you’re already doing: Whether you take photos of every meal or are a self-proclaimed expert in a certain dish, we want to reward what you’re already doing and make it useful to a broader community.