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Yelp and Google are not reliable--no review website I've seen really is. For instance, Makras Real Estate in San Francisco is a horrible property management com
by diogenescynic 3y ago
Yelp and Google are not reliable--no review website I've seen really is. For instance, Makras Real Estate in San Francisco is a horrible property management company (i.e. slumlord) where the owner was even concvicted of crimes: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/jury-convicts-san-francisco-broker-and-investor-victor-makras-fraud-real-estate-loan https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/jury-convicts-san-franc... but only after the news of this became public did the ratings on those site show Makras Real Estate as anything less than a 4/5 star company and most of the one sentence reviews were from accounts with generic profile pictures and only a handful of other reviews--they were clearly faked. I reported it multiple times and nothing ever happened. Facebook even responded saying the accounts looked legit and still shows Makras as having 4.9/5.0--what a joke!
- notfed 3y agoWhy would an alternative rating site be more trustworthy?
- diogenescynic 3y agoI don't think any of them would be unless they verified an ID to make sure each account was actually unique--but currently none of them have any incentives to limit their user count. Users = growth! So they just turn a blind eye to it.
- awesome_dude 3y agoFor me, I don't think any review/reference site is really much use. The problems are: * Is the review accurate * Is the reviewer someone who has similar standards as I * Is the review looking at aspects I rate * Does the reviewer have a bias (good/bad) * Was the review based on a representative sample It's the same for job references, service reviews, product reviews. It's almost random.