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Re:Yelp Extortion Allegations Stack Up (March 2009) by akeefer on Tuesday January 19, 2010 @04:55PM (#1063347)
It just happened to my wife this weekend: she'd written a review of her trainer that showed up at the time, but at some point in the last few months it disappeared from the trainer's page, even though it still appears within her profile. She updated the review and it then appeared to her when viewing her trainer's profile, but it didn't show up if she logged out or when logged in from my account.

Simply deciding not to show reviews you've written and/or randomly taking them down after they've been up? Sketchy. Showing those reviews to you so you think they're there even though no one else can see them? Ultra-sketchy.

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Re:Yelp Extortion Allegations Stack Up (March 2009) by andrewvc on Tuesday January 19, 2010 @09:34PM (#1063879)
The same thing happened to me. I created a yelp account for the express purpose of reviewing a local business that has food that's beyond shitty. I wrote a scathing one star review, and it was put in purgatory. Only when I logged into yelp was it visible.

Now, I can understand why they'd be wary of an account that only posted a single negative review, but if you ban someone, you should let them know.

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