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That sponsorship costs $300/month. That's a lot of money for many small businesses and can easily push a business that's barely scraping by in this economy into

That sponsorship costs $300/month. That's a lot of money for many small businesses and can easily push a business that's barely scraping by in this economy into the red. And I don't know about you, but I get angry when I think of people trying to extort $3600/year from me. It is my business - not theirs. Yet somehow I'm the one getting my wallet picked.

rubberbunny 17y ago
My bad, cynicism is not easy to convey via text. To be clear, businesses are not supposed to be able to remove any review from the site. Yelp makes a big deal about claiming that they don't let businesses, even Yelp Sponsors, remove negative reviews. That being said, I know first-hand that they do remove negative reviews, so... fuck Yelp, I guess. I'm angry too that Yelp pits businesses against customers for profit while claiming to be an unbiased source. Just the fact that it's even possible for a business to "sponsor" an "unbiased" review site should set off a lot of red flags. Just ran a search on "yelp unbiased" and this popped up: http://ask.metafilter.com/142694/Yelp-sucks-I-need-unbiased-reviews-Help http://ask.metafilter.com/142694/Yelp-sucks-I-need-unbiased-...