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Re:Yelp Is Replacing Restaurants’ Phone Numbers So Grubhub C... by nitrogen on Monday November 16, 2020 @01:00PM (#25114865)
"$10 off your next service if you give us a review on Yelp" is just the tip of an iceberg of complaints people have about online review systems, including Yelp.

I was once traveling and some friends found a highly reviewed place on Yelp. When we got there it turned out the glowing reviews were all written by the owner's son. At least he felt bad enough about it to give us free dessert.

Re:Yelp Is Replacing Restaurants’ Phone Numbers So Grubhub C... by retsibsi on Monday November 16, 2020 @10:58PM (#25120134)
> When we got there it turned out the glowing reviews were all written by the owner's son.

How/why was this revealed to you?

Re:Yelp Is Replacing Restaurants’ Phone Numbers So Grubhub C... by nitrogen on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @08:39PM (#25132204)
Apparently they didn't normally get many tourists, and the owner's son was who served us.