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Re:Yelp craters 30% as advertisers abandon the site by smelendez on Friday November 09, 2018 @02:37PM (#18417204)
Well, it's especially annoying with something like Yelp that you often use on the go and sometimes in stressful situations (somebody in your group is hungry and ornery).

Downloading an app can take an unpredictable amount of time and bandwidth, and once you download it you may have to log in, remember or set a password, deal with 2FA, click a verification email, etc. .

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Re:Yelp craters 30% as advertisers abandon the site by anarazel on Friday November 09, 2018 @05:05PM (#18418442)
After enough of these experiences I nearly always carry a bunch of fruit bars and such around. Both improves the groups mood, and usually allows to find better food afterwards.
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Re:Yelp craters 30% as advertisers abandon the site by pyr0hu on Saturday November 10, 2018 @05:54AM (#18420805)
> once you download it you may have to log in, remember or set a password, deal with 2FA, click a verification email, etc. .

like you don't have to do those on a website?

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Re:Yelp craters 30% as advertisers abandon the site by azeotropic on Saturday November 10, 2018 @06:16AM (#18420865)
Ugh. Yes, but there are many fewer sites that actually need this than those that deploy it just so they can harvest emails.

The only sites that need this are those where users are adding content and the site is moderated, and then login should only be required for moderated actions.

So Yelp should require a login to leave a review, but not to read one.

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