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It'd be interesting to figure out how Yelp generates the negative reviews. I'd love to see somebody setup a "honeypot" business - fake, doesn't exist in real li
by swsieber 10y ago
It'd be interesting to figure out how Yelp generates the negative reviews. I'd love to see somebody setup a "honeypot" business - fake, doesn't exist in real life (well, physically/location wise)... and then sign up with Yelp and then cancel. Do that with a good 10-100 fake businesses, and could you drum up a case against Yelp?
- clxsi 10y agoThis is a really good idea.
- corndoge 10y agoIf you have money to blow on advertising contracts and are willing to lie on the contracts or spin up 10-100 LLCs
- asdfasdf222 10y agoI remember reading long ago that they don't generate negative reviews, but they change their sort magic to let the negative ones bubble up to the top.
- TruthSHIFT 10y agoNo problem. Just seed the Honeypot with fake reviews. Make 50% of the review positive and 50% negative. Then, check to see which reviews are favored on Yelp before and after signing up and cancelling service.