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What's silly about this whole thing is that the solution for Yelp is so obvious: Just acknowledge what everyone knows already -- that the current system for ma
by dreamweapon 12y ago
What's silly about this whole thing is that the solution for Yelp is so obvious: Just acknowledge what everyone knows already -- that the current system for managing and aggregating ratings has been a total flop -- i.e. that 99.99% of their users use Yelp for address search, NOT recommendations -- and let business opt out of having their ratings listed (at no charge, of course) -- until they come up with something that actually does work.
- oskarth 12y agoWouldn't it be a better business model to charge businesses to opt-out? Doing this would provide them with more runway to come up with a sustainable business model to leverage and monetize their crowdsourced reviews in a creative manner. Seems like it would be more in line with their values, too. EDIT: /s
- JoeAltmaier 12y agoSounds like a shakedown. Is that what you mean by 'inline with their values'?
- dreamweapon 12y agoWouldn't it be a better business model to charge businesses to opt-out? Most people would consider that blackmail. But the folks over at Yelp would probably like that kind of thinking. Ever consider applying for a job with their marketing team?
- frandroid 12y agoWhat if many people decided to pay the fee? Then they would lose their usefulness, and then their users.
- GFischer 12y agoThat's great to know, I'm building a website focused on address search (only in my country for now), and I looked upon Yelp as inspiration :)