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Seconding this. Yelp reviews have their problems but at least there's always content in the review and I can validate some of the reviewer's reputation if they'

Seconding this. Yelp reviews have their problems but at least there's always content in the review and I can validate some of the reviewer's reputation if they're being suspiciously positive/negative in their review. Most google ratings I see have very few reviews behind them, and most of them are under a sentence long.

freehunter 8y ago
Someone on Google reviewed my local cemetery. One star rating, because it made them sad to drive past it. Why even allow reviews on a cemetery?!
- komali2 8y ago
  https://www.google.com/maps/place/Pacific+Ocean/@-0.1930911,123.1058866,3z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m13!1m5!8m4!1e1!2s102045158975530137612!3m1!1e1!3m6!1s0x76ed042c30f318eb:0x8eff14a070876cbc!8m2!3d-8.783195!4d-124.508523!9m1!1b1?hl=en-US https://www.google.com/maps/place/Pacific+Ocean/@-0.1930911,... Google Reviews of the Pacific Ocean.
  - ilikehurdles 8y ago
    I love that some of the reviewers are even labeled "Local Guide"s
    - arkitaip 8y ago
      Someone once gave 5 stars to a business project that I had created but never launched (no business, product or service with zero customers) but which had a Google Business listing. I suspect people routinely fake review places to inflate their egos but also because Google offers them real benefits.
- icebraining 8y ago
  Why not? Some cemeteries around here are beautiful, and worth visiting. Plus like any other public service, they can be badly run, and it might be worth warning others who are planning to be buried there about it.
- vatueil 8y ago
  Doesn't hurt to have the option, I guess. If a place doesn't need reviews then it probably doesn't care about bad reviews, and sometimes the reviews are useful nevertheless or at least funny. See: https://m.xkcd.com/1803/ https://m.xkcd.com/1803/