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as a curveball, however, I would imagine those who are most self-entitled are also more likely to be yelp elite or yelpers in general
by prpl 5y ago
as a curveball, however, I would imagine those who are most self-entitled are also more likely to be yelp elite or yelpers in general
- rossdavidh 5y agoFortunately, for restaurants and perhaps for everything, I don't seem to notice anybody caring about yelp reviews or ratings anymore, and that's been the case (in Austin, Texas where I live, anyway) for years now. I mean, how often do you check on Yelp before deciding to check out a restaurant? I think it's been over a decade since I did such a thing, if I ever did. It may be precisely the tendency you mention, that is the reason people stopped caring about yelp reviews.
- edude03 5y agoYelp specifically I check very in frequently, Google maps however shows the reviews upfront and center, so I take those fairly seriously
- 121789 5y agoYelp is still plenty good as a rough approximation for quality for me. Anything under a 3.5ish is buyer beware and anything above a 4 is a pretty safe bet the restaurant is good enough.
- switchbak 5y agoEver since Yelp started excluding my (2 or 3) useful reviews of fraudulent businesses, I no longer trust them. I asked them why they were filtering my reviews, and got the old "sorry, the algorithm has decided you're not to be trusted, nothing I can do" line. So much for trying to warn people, I suppose. Though I've seen similar behavior with Google too.
- dreamcompiler 5y ago6 or 8 years ago I used Yelp often. But when they began to insist on showing me e.g. 12 McDonalds when I searched for $Specific_Local_Burger_Place, showing sponsored results up top to obscure the restaurant I just clicked on, and tried to force me to use their app instead of their web site, I began walking toward the exit. When I found out later how they were running a protection racket to shake down restaurants, I ran for the exit. Nice restaurant review service you have there, Yelp. Be a shame if something happened to it. Especially if that something was your own damn fault.
- jack_riminton 5y agoThe tyranny of the vocal minority. Surely one of the worst unintended consequences of everyone being on the internet
- Kluny 5y agoNobody cares about Yelp.
- exhilaration 5y agoEhhhhh maybe not for local restaurants, but I think Yelp is a lot of people's go-to source for finding restaurants when visiting a new location.
- xwdv 5y agoI care about Yelp. It is still the best place to find businesses and restaurants. It is an app I rarely think about, yet use it almost everyday. I just don’t give a fuck about Yelpers.
- acdha 5y agoYelp is the default restaurant rating display in Apple Maps. Between that and Google Maps, a lot of people are going to see those ratings and it does have some impact even if people don't trust them absolutely — otherwise businesses wouldn't feel that they needed to pay Yelp to hide bad reviews.
- fshbbdssbbgdd 5y agoI search on Yelp when looking for a restaurant to go to. I’m more likely to go to places that show up higher in the search ranking, and the rating seems to be a big component of that. Other the other hand, I don’t actually read the reviews at all. I do sometimes look at the user-uploaded photos.