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Something more reliable than hearing "from a totally trusted individual, why would they lie?" People repeat untrue things a million times a day for varied reas
by illuminate 14y ago
Something more reliable than hearing "from a totally trusted individual, why would they lie?"
People repeat untrue things a million times a day for varied reasons. In this case, people who don't read up on Yelp's FAQs are frustrated by the yelp filter on both a consumer and business-level and want to subvert them, so they regurgitate a story they heard from someone else as fact.
An email or bill for review promotion/deletion services rendered would be perfectly acceptable, otherwise less credulous persons will file them away with the rest of the bitter cranks.
- specialist 13y agoI'm on the other side of the fence. Walks like a duck and all that. Without checks and balances and transparency, it's easier to assume the fix is in. The mere appearance of a conflict of interest is sufficient to signify a conflict of interest. Credulous, huh? That's a good one.
- illuminate 13y ago"The mere appearance of a conflict of interest is sufficient to signify a conflict of interest." And what gives there a conflict of interest? The algorithm has absolutely nothing to do with what advertising businesses pay for or do not pay for. This much is known.
- specialist 13y agoYelp is not Consumer Reports. Yelp, Google, UrbanSpoon, YellowPages all charge for placement. And that's fine. But the veneer of collaborative filtering is a con. It's no different than the industry standard quid pro quo system of reviews for ads in tech / product magazines. Yelp's claim to some form of algorithm objectivity doesn't change the power dynamic. In other words, I don't credulously believe there to be a functioning Chinese firewall separating the business functions within Yelp. Because those firewalls rarely work, if ever. But hey, to each their own.