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I disagree. Yelp's reviews are needlessly verbose and possibly gamed or filtered according to the store's affiliation with Yelp. I don't have the same concerns

I disagree. Yelp's reviews are needlessly verbose and possibly gamed or filtered according to the store's affiliation with Yelp. I don't have the same concerns re: 4sq reviews.

debt 12y ago
Then why does Yelp itself only have 2 1/2 stars on Yelp? Couldn't they just game their own name? [1]http://www.yelp.com/biz/yelp-san-francisco http://www.yelp.com/biz/yelp-san-francisco
- achompas 12y ago
  If we're getting into conspiracy theories, wouldn't gaming Yelp's reviews simply provide more evidence of gamed Yelp reviews?!?! I've spoken to numerous business owners in NYC who, after having turned down Yelp's super deluxe premier service^, begin to receive negative reviews that make no sense ("terrible service!" during a night the business was closed) or reference nonexistent items ("terrible apple pie!" for a bakery that doesn't offer apple pie). ^ Not the name, but they offer analytics and other services to businesses.
  - debt 12y ago
    So they purposely gamed their own reviews to be negative in order to put off the notion they don't game reviews?
    - achompas 12y ago
      I derisively referred to my own suggestion as a "conspiracy theory" because I think this conversation is kind of bogus.