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It took me a while to understand what BBB is, maybe the author should have taken into account that non-american readers don't know what it is.
by LeonM 7y ago
It took me a while to understand what BBB is, maybe the author should have taken into account that non-american readers don't know what it is.
- asdf21 7y agoCouldn't you just google it?
- m12k 7y agoI did, and the first three search results were bbbcycling.com, bigballerbrand.com and a local football club. I think people don't realize how much Google actually localizes search results.
- LouisSayers 7y agoI really hate when people have acronyms in articles and don't specify what they are. It doesn't take much effort to spell out what the acronym is when you first introduce it, and you do your audience a disservice by not introducing it. Of course you can google it, but the point is you're making people go out of their way to understand what it is that you're talking about. Be conscientious people, and FFS (for fucks sake), spell out your acronyms.
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- xmprt 7y agoOr add a tooltip at the very least. I wonder how that would work for a11y though.
- nefitty 7y agoWhat is it?
- cparsons3000 7y agoBetter Business Bureau
- dvduval 7y agoI wonder how many people read this and then inserted BBB somewhere in the text of their site. :) I did... I mean, why not?
- jedberg 7y agoI seriously just considered adding "This business has no relationship with the Better Business Bureau (BBB)" to the bottom of my page.
- quickthrower2 7y agoThat'll help reduce the correlation next time.
- gurgeous 7y agoGreat point - I will update. For those reading here, BBB stands for the Better Business Bureau. It is a US based nonprofit that tries to collect and address complaints about small businesses. Very well known in the US.
- kevin_thibedeau 7y agoThey're more like a pre-internet Yelp.
- calabin 7y agoThe Better Business Bureau has a history of using extortion-like tactics, pressuring businesses into paying for memberships to extract higher ratings. The show 20/20 from ABC did a segment on them in which they were able to procure an A-rating for Hamas. As a former owner/operator of a small golf facility, I have experienced this diet-extortion first hand, and heard about similar experiences from other owners of similar businesses in our area (Chicago). https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/business-bureau-best-ratings-money-buy/story?id=12123843 https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/business-bureau-best-ratings-...