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Yelp has a wall of shame for businesses caught paying for fake reviews::Yelp has a new tool to help people track businesses that have tried to manipulate their standing on the review platform..

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[-] PrefersAwkward@lemmy.world 141 points 1 year ago

Funny how a company that is known for extortion is parading itself as something that looks out for cheating in reviews.

[-] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 year ago
[-] Dr_Decoy@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Same. I remember friends who owned a small restaurant early in the Yelp days who were constantly harassed and extorted. They survived but the threat to their business was palpable.

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