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Re:Business cancels Yelp advertising contract, negative revi... by asdfasdf222 on Monday May 01, 2017 @11:06AM (#14238074)
I remember reading long ago that they don't generate negative reviews, but they change their sort magic to let the negative ones bubble up to the top.
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Re:Business cancels Yelp advertising contract, negative revi... by TruthSHIFT on Monday May 01, 2017 @12:17PM (#14238834)
No problem. Just seed the Honeypot with fake reviews. Make 50% of the review positive and 50% negative. Then, check to see which reviews are favored on Yelp before and after signing up and cancelling service.
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