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how do you know if the restaurant is good?



Personally, I go there and try it.

This reflects poorly on us as a society when we must have a third party tell us what we need to think.


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I use Yelp to locate nearby restaurants, have not read a single user review.


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And who determines what racist behavior is?

The Left


Anyone with a chip on their shoulder
Anyone having a bad day
Anyone with an agenda



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I have never used a Yelp review to make a decision on any business . Never will .
 
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I wonder if Yelp recognizes the liability they assume by publishing unverified accounts of alleged "racism" and the damages they incur from businesses that suffer from unfounded claims?
 
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And who determines what racist behavior is?


Anyone that doesn’t like what you do.

and anyone who just doesn’t like you, but then be assured, Yelp’s investigating team has...Top Men


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Originally posted by KLGUY:
And who determines what racist behavior is?

The Left
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Not just "The Left", but anyone that wants to extort businesses for the monetary gain beyond politics. So easy to do because Yelp won't conduct actual investigation(s) into the basis of the complaints. The crime of EXTORTION exists, but with law enforcement being marginalized and "de-funded", it's going to be far more commonplace.


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I received this email this morning from Yelp Business:



and saw this new "open to all" determination on our page:



Still trying to get to the bottom of it. Yelp is not quite as bad as google business/places, but near it.


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Yelp jumped the shark quite a while back. At first it was a useful tool, now just used by tools. Every single time something has 4-5 stars, we immediately shitcan eating or staying there because those reviews end up being bought with goods or services in return for a good review.


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Here are the options (these were filled out for us by a Yelp Representative at setup).

I see a lot of "damned if you do" & "damned if you don't" opportunity here.



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"Arguing with some people is like playing chess with a pigeon. It doesn't matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon will just take a shit on the board, strut around knocking over all the pieces and act like it won.. and in some cases it will insult you at the same time." DevlDogs55, 2014 Big Grin
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And who determines what racist behavior is?


Racists.

My real life experience has been that people who see race in everything are the biggest racists.

In terms of people being racist towards me, it wasn't white people. It's the group that accuses others of being racist. The group that looks down on the darker toned people in their own group. Roll Eyes


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Racists.

My real life experience has been that people who see race in everything are the biggest racists.

In terms of people being racist towards me, it wasn't white people. It's the group that accuses others of being racist. The group that looks down on the darker toned people in their own group. Roll Eyes
A guy I know, a "person of color", has told me numerous times that he can't be considered racist simply because he is a "person of color". Ummm, suuure... He made a blatantly racist FB post, so I called him on it, boom, he unfriended and blocked me. Awwww, shucks.

Sure Yelp, what could possibly go wrong with your plan.


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Here are the options (these were filled out for us by a Yelp Representative at setup).

I see a lot of "damned if you do" & "damned if you don't" opportunity here.

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Let's make it easier.





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Nailed it.

No way to NOT choose an answer either. Once I logged in...I had to pick one.

I just closed the window, unsaved. We'll see how it goes. Luckily, my customer base doesn't expect a walk-in location for my products and services. I'm on yelp, because like many of these sites, if you don't have an account you cannot address and control the information spread about your company. Even with an account...you get very little say. It's extortion, like a paid DUNS account, Better Business Bureau, and even Google Business. Pay them or you won't like what they say about you.
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Originally posted by sigmonkey:
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Originally posted by AKSuperDually:
Here are the options (these were filled out for us by a Yelp Representative at setup).

I see a lot of "damned if you do" & "damned if you don't" opportunity here.

...



Let's make it easier.



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"The trouble with our Liberal friends...is not that they're ignorant, it's just that they know so much that isn't so." Ronald Reagan, 1964
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"Arguing with some people is like playing chess with a pigeon. It doesn't matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon will just take a shit on the board, strut around knocking over all the pieces and act like it won.. and in some cases it will insult you at the same time." DevlDogs55, 2014 Big Grin
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And who determines what racist behavior is?


Anyone named Karen....




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Just like banks filling out SAR forms.....Sheeze what a crock of shit...
 
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It looks to me as though folks like L. Lin Wood will never be able to clear their calendar. Wink

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User content sites like Yelp are purely subjective with their reviews. Their bookmarks and mapping feature I like using, however that's about it. I don't look at reviews for their positives but, I look for all the negative reviews and see if there's any patterns or consistency to be aware of. Same with Amazon and others.
 
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And who determines what racist behavior is?


If you’re white, it’s racist.


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If you're reading this thread, the thing to do is to never use Yelp. Delete it off your phone and stop reading reviews there.

Yelp is a shady company and always has been. They're basically legalized blackmail. People give your business bad reviews and then Yelp comes to you and says "If you pay us, we'll derank the negative reviews and not show them to users."

Their business model alone is reason enough to never use them.
 
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