3 ms·
As described, there's no actual extortion going on, just a bunch of positive reviews disappearing off of a page, and a bunch of hearsay. Is this sarcasm? Trol
by lsb 17y ago
As described, there's no actual extortion going on, just a bunch of positive reviews disappearing off of a page, and a bunch of hearsay. Is this sarcasm? Trolling?
- Zak 17y agoI think Phillip Greenspun has probably earned enough reputation in the hacker community that we can assume he isn't trolling, especially considering the update he posted. The fact that a bunch of legitimate positive reviews vanished shortly after they were posted certainly looks suspicious from the point of view of a business. Yelp's sales calls are known to include offers to restore hidden positive reviews and hide negative ones in exchange for a fee. That sounds an awful lot like extortion to me. Furthermore, as a user, I know I can't trust the information that appears on Yelp.