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> I can't think of anyone I've met that's gone to anywhere based on positive Yelp reviews You’re kidding, right? They wouldn’t exist if people didn’t extract v
by azinman2 5y ago
> I can't think of anyone I've met that's gone to anywhere based on positive Yelp reviews
You’re kidding, right? They wouldn’t exist if people didn’t extract value out of them. I certainly have many, many, many times visited or hired businesses because of Yelp, and Aziz Ansari has an entire bit in this. Reviews are a backbone of much online commerce.
- easterncalculus 5y agoAs much as you have decided to trust online reviews, Yelp has led to the destruction of good people's livelihoods. It has screwed over tons of people. Of course even if Yelp were perfect or even good, it doesn't matter because this site is nothing like Yelp or RateMyProfessors, because there is no choice involved. It's not like you choose which officers or departments show up to your 911 call. If the police do show up, it's not like you check their RateOurCops score before they get to your door.
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- azinman2 5y agoI wasn’t reacting to the web page (personally I don’t care for it at all for a wide variety of reasons), but to the comment that positive Yelp reviews don’t drive engagement.