Re:Why We Created the Yelp Elite Squad
by mikeash on Monday December 21, 2015 @03:39PM
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Why would any of it show up in the code? As I recall, what Yelp is accused of is making fake bad reviews that go away if you give them money. That could easily be a manual process done by sales people.
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Re:Why We Created the Yelp Elite Squad
by opticalfiber on Monday December 21, 2015 @09:25PM
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The sales people don't have access to the content moderation systems. As far as it showing up in code, I was just making the point that there is no file containing something like
if business_has_paid_extortion_money:
show_good_reviews()
else:
show_bad_reviews()
... which is how people seem to think it works.There is also no code to allow manual review ordering. They are sorted according by an algorithm with a variety of inputs including who you are friends with, who has Elite status, etc.