Yelp.com Stands Accused of Acting Like a "Modern-Day Mafia"

Re:Yelp.com Stands Accused of Acting Like a "Modern-Day Mafia" by bkbleikamp on Friday April 23, 2010 @01:45PM (#1288862)

Yelp's data would seem to indicate that users with a positive experience are more likely to write a review: http://www.yelp.com/press

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Re:Yelp.com Stands Accused of Acting Like a "Modern-Day Mafia" by AlexBlom on Friday April 23, 2010 @02:45PM (#1289106)

I wonder if those figures are massaged, considering everything else going on!

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Re:Yelp.com Stands Accused of Acting Like a "Modern-Day Mafia" by moultano on Friday April 23, 2010 @04:32PM (#1289393)

Amazon has observed exactly the same behavior. The average review for something on the internet is 4.5 stars.

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Re:Yelp.com Stands Accused of Acting Like a "Modern-Day Mafia" by mahmud on Saturday April 24, 2010 @03:21AM (#1290529)

What about astroturfing by product vendors?

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Re:Yelp.com Stands Accused of Acting Like a "Modern-Day Mafia" by bkbleikamp on Friday April 23, 2010 @04:13PM (#1289344)

That graph has been on the page since before any class action lawsuits were filed.

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Re:Yelp.com Stands Accused of Acting Like a "Modern-Day Mafia" by AlexBlom on Friday April 23, 2010 @04:17PM (#1289354)

But that does not necessarily mean it is legit. Until the class action did we not think Yelp was totally legit?

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Re:Yelp.com Stands Accused of Acting Like a "Modern-Day Mafia" by diego_moita on Friday April 23, 2010 @08:13PM (#1289902)

I am not sure what you mean by that. To me it seems something like: "well, most of the time, lynch mobs do catch the bad guys."

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