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more about #yelp more comments → uptomj: I am personally documenting that Yelp has been removing every positive review within 24 hours after they started calling me weekly for money. They hav... more » johnnypotatoes: Pretty common green-journalist mistake here, taking the side of the person who talks to you, because they talked to you, and turned out not to be Sata... more » squeakel: I don't understand why this is the second story here that portrays this woman as a victim. #oceanavebooks more » joshua.a.gardner: I used to work at this restaurant in LA that had very recently opened. The owner thought it a good business move to pamper these ''Yelp Elite" with f... more » MissNormaDesmond: By the way, this is an interesting opportunity to discover whether the adage "There's no such thing as bad publicity" is true or not. My bet is she h... more » joopnsf: Granted, her forthcoming insanity plea will probably hold in court, but take a step back and look the whole picture: The economy sux, and has for som... more » VoxPopuli: I'm sorry, but if this woman comes off half as nutty in person as she does in writing, I would also give her blank stares until security asked her to ... more » lostarchitect: She is pretty obviously a total nutcake. I mean, first she goes to Yelp's offices to complain about a bad review, then she tracks down the poster of t... more » nine_lives: I should also add that after her user account was suspended she opened a business account and posted a rebuttal to my review (since removed by Yelp) s... more » funknut: How can you not feel bad after opening your door to someone with a laurel bush in-hand, pushing them out invoking a scuffle, proceed to push them down... more » funknut: No one knows what really happened. The two stories are contradictory and the individual stories are even meta-contradictory. Sean C. mentions that h... more » limber: Nooo no no. "I attempted to convey the seriousness of what was about to happen to me"? There was no impending doom until this lady forced the issue.... more » nine_lives: I'm still disapointed that Ryan hasn't contact me to get my side of the story - Ryan your reporting seems to be one sided and biased. At your request ... more » CumaeanSibyl: I am completely convinced by her account of the Yelp visit. #oceanavebooks more » iplaudius: Yelp may suck, but this bitch is still cray-cray. #oceanavebooks more » -
#passiveaggressive
Yelp's Lost Chance to Prevent a Brawl
Yelp couldn't have guessed one of its reviewers might end up in a vicious wrestling match with a store owner, right? Wrong: the owner had visited Yelp HQ the day before the fight, been ignored, then turned away. More » -
#yelprage
Yelp-Fight Participant: I Was Trying To Apologize
The Yelp reviewer supposedly attacked by a store owner just got a zero-star rating for honesty. The store owner says it was the reviewer who attacked, even though the owner came in peace to apologize. More » -
#crime
Yelp Fights Make Leap To Real-World Violence, Says Reviewer
To hear Yelp reviewer "Sean C." tell it, San Francisco's Ocean Avenue Books really didn't appreciate his pan of the "TOTAL MESS" of a store: The owner somehow found his home, he said, and tried to force her way in.
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#dining
On Yelp, Every Restaurant is Very Special
Reviewers on Yelp aren't very discerning: They award four or five stars 69 percent of the time (see chart). The local ratings website could combat this by grading on the curve, but would rather force you to click around. More » -
#dining
The New Restaurant Bribery
The Web was supposed to disintermediate business, replacing corruptible middlemen with accurate information fed directly to consumers. But judging from the restaurant industry's experience, it may have just made corruption more widespread and louche. Just look at this receipt: More » -
#badvertising
Yelp Sorry About Ruining Anti-Rape Message
Whoops: Yelp signed up "SF Women Against Rape" as a sponsor of its email newsletter, then ran their ad under an insinuating headline about bicycles that read, "Put the Fun Between Your Legs." Cue the outrage! More » -
#geeklove
Bachelors of Silicon Valley Remind Ladies What They're Not Missing
The Nob Hill Gazette, a San Francisco "society" publication, has come up with a list of area eligibles, including a wife beater and more than one gay man. Hard to be a straight woman here! More » -
