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Yeah this sort of direct sales may be good for yelp and good for businesses who participate. The point is its bad for USERS of the site, who many of us are. I
by dsil 18y ago
Yeah this sort of direct sales may be good for yelp and good for businesses who participate. The point is its bad for USERS of the site, who many of us are. If true, then seeing no bad reviews, or a bunch of good reviews might be meaningless, so useless.
- mchristoff 18y agosure, if in fact it is true that bad reviews do get deleted. i believe this topic is still up for debate. does anyone on HN actually use yelp? have you guys ever talked to a small business person who's had interactions with yelp?
- mchristoff 18y agops did anyone actually look at this: http://yelp.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83452b44469e2011278fa14eb28a4-800wi http://yelp.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83452b44469e2011278fa14eb28a... the favorite review is clearly marked. seriously - if the claims of reviews disappearing maliciously are true then sure let's hang yelp from the gallows. i do know for a fact that they're quite aggressive about anti-spam for being such a large site. the fact is they've had such a positive effect on my life that i'm willing to actually hear the other side.
- potatolicious 18y agoI agree. I've never gone to any place on Yelp's recommendation that was disappointing or grossly out of step with what the general review consensus was. So shenanigans or not, IMHO Yelp is still a valuable resource. I too don't really see a problem with a clearly marked, "highlighted" review. If Yelp is dropping bad reviews in exchange for sponsorship (or worse, writing fake bad reviews), I would take issue.