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You're absolutely right. Yelp adds no value the dozens of other review apps don't, they simply succed because they extort and blackmail small businesses. I refu

You're absolutely right. Yelp adds no value the dozens of other review apps don't, they simply succed because they extort and blackmail small businesses. I refuse to install their app and the quicker they die the better.

keymone 9y ago
> they extort and blackmail small businesses do you have any evidence of this?
- kefka 9y ago
  (This post is copied so others can see this. Tl;Dr. User [keymone] is a developer at YELP. ) You've been consistently a bad actor here, regarding Yelp. So, I searched google with "keymone yelp" (keymone is the HN username), and found the following: https://github.com/keymone https://github.com/keymone [Name Removed] Yelp Hamburg, Germany http://www.yelp.com http://www.yelp.com Organizations @Yelp Hmm...... Uusally people with direct interests (like yourself), will properly disclaim (I WORK FOR X, BUT NOT THEIR OPINIONS). _________________________________ https://www.yelp.com/user_details?userid=1zHW3SSTF3RFjHkgHzRQvw https://www.yelp.com/user_details?userid=1zHW3SSTF3RFjHkgHzR... Same pic as the Github profile. Certainly not a coincidence. _________________________________ https://twitter.com/keymone https://twitter.com/keymone Again, this says "happy developer" at Yelp.com _________________________________ Yeah, I'd suggest if you were to play the devil's advocate, I would properly disclaim that "[You] work at Yelp as a developer" instead of me playing guessing games and finally google your name and see dozens of profiles with the same Skiing pic. Frankly, you prove more of what I'm saying. So, tell me. How many proxies do you use when you seed bad reviews for companies that don't pay up? Because already, what you're doing is SHADY SHIT.
- ClassyJacket 9y ago
  Hundreds of first hand accounts https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/2segh5/yelp_accused_of_bullying_businesses_into_paying/ https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/2segh5/yelp_accused_o... Plus everything in Billion Dollar Bully. It's fact at this point.

keymone 9y ago

> they extort and blackmail small businesses do you have any evidence of this?

kefka 9y ago
(This post is copied so others can see this. Tl;Dr. User [keymone] is a developer at YELP. ) You've been consistently a bad actor here, regarding Yelp. So, I searched google with "keymone yelp" (keymone is the HN username), and found the following: https://github.com/keymone https://github.com/keymone [Name Removed] Yelp Hamburg, Germany http://www.yelp.com http://www.yelp.com Organizations @Yelp Hmm...... Uusally people with direct interests (like yourself), will properly disclaim (I WORK FOR X, BUT NOT THEIR OPINIONS). _________________________________ https://www.yelp.com/user_details?userid=1zHW3SSTF3RFjHkgHzRQvw https://www.yelp.com/user_details?userid=1zHW3SSTF3RFjHkgHzR... Same pic as the Github profile. Certainly not a coincidence. _________________________________ https://twitter.com/keymone https://twitter.com/keymone Again, this says "happy developer" at Yelp.com _________________________________ Yeah, I'd suggest if you were to play the devil's advocate, I would properly disclaim that "[You] work at Yelp as a developer" instead of me playing guessing games and finally google your name and see dozens of profiles with the same Skiing pic. Frankly, you prove more of what I'm saying. So, tell me. How many proxies do you use when you seed bad reviews for companies that don't pay up? Because already, what you're doing is SHADY SHIT.
ClassyJacket 9y ago
Hundreds of first hand accounts https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/2segh5/yelp_accused_of_bullying_businesses_into_paying/ https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/2segh5/yelp_accused_o... Plus everything in Billion Dollar Bully. It's fact at this point.