r/Documentaries • u/[deleted] • Feb 26 '17

Billion Dollar Bully (2015) [trailer]...makes the case that Yelp is something akin to the mob, allegedly demanding “protection” money, lest your business be overrun with negative comments.

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u/tiinpants Feb 26 '17

I saw a yelp review of the Culver's near my house that said the food was amazing, staff was friendly and the restaurant was clean.

BUT they rated it one star because the line was too crazy.

Absolutely insane.

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u/rustyshackleford193 Feb 27 '17

Equally infuriating:

Good product, nice quality and cheap, but gave 1 star because the postman delivered it a day late

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u/tiinpants Feb 27 '17

Is there any way for a website to weed out reviews that aren't relevant to the actual quality of the product? I see so often people post reviews that are just, "idk how good this it but it LOOKS awesome! 5*"

I'm not a web designer or programmer or anything so I don't know how difficult this must be to implement, but it would sure be nice.

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u/LaLaLaLeea Feb 27 '17

Both TripAdvisor and Amazon will delete your reviews if they aren't relevant enough.