Yelp reviews are largely fake and their business model is a pay-to-win scenario for businesses: a bunch of 1 star reviews will magically appear in the days lead

Yelp reviews are largely fake and their business model is a pay-to-win scenario for businesses: a bunch of 1 star reviews will magically appear in the days leading up to a phone call from a sales rep who offers to remove them for a fee. This has been known for years now, especially to anyone who still uses that dumpster fire of a site. I am surprised to find such an obviously politically-charged site linked to HN. Reading through some of the other articles on the site, it seems to be a like The Blaze, a heavily right-leaning site with articles written in a way to make conservative blood boil. Half of the most read stories on the sidebar are about how difficult it is to be a Trump supporter in America.