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The risk (mostly) isn't fake email screenshots, the risk is that I create postings for (or even commit to paying for fake reviews for) my competitor, and tarnis
by trifurcate 3y ago
The risk (mostly) isn't fake email screenshots, the risk is that I create postings for (or even commit to paying for fake reviews for) my competitor, and tarnish their reputation. It's hard to establish provenance of such an arrangement.
- gnicholas 3y agoI think we're thinking the same thing — that someone would (on their own or for money) write a review claiming that an innocent business had tried to pay for a good review, or take down a bad review. This could happen, but it's just as easy to pay someone to write a review saying the service/food/etc. was lousy. Why spend more time faking an email screenshot? But from Yelp's perspective, a paid-for review claiming bad food is just fine, because it only tarnishes the restaurant's reputation. On the other hand, a claim of fraudulent review manipulation hits both the business and Yelp's reputations.
- yifanl 3y agoIt'd be easy for a reader to ignore a review about the quality of food since that's subjective on the reviewer's personal tastes. A review claiming paid-for-fraud isn't so easy to wave off.