Re:Show HN: Nearby Buzz – Take control of your online reviews
by AznHisoka on Monday July 06, 2015 @01:26PM
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who says they even use their API? They could just crawl it.
Besides I'm willing to bet Yelp could care less.
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Re:Show HN: Nearby Buzz – Take control of your online reviews
by willu on Monday July 06, 2015 @01:40PM
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They almost certainly do not use the API given its limitations, and unfortunately the Yelp folks do have a history of suing crawlers:
https://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/califo...
Re:Show HN: Nearby Buzz – Take control of your online reviews
by jff on Monday July 06, 2015 @01:32PM
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> Besides I'm willing to bet Yelp could care less.
Would you bet your own startup on it? I wouldn't.
Re:Show HN: Nearby Buzz – Take control of your online reviews
by AznHisoka on Monday July 06, 2015 @03:05PM
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If OP believes in the idea, has domain expertise in it, and has some validation, why not pursue it? Everything comes with risk.
The alternative is waiting years, potentially NEVER to find a perfect, 100% risk-less (which doesn't exist, btw) startup idea that will help him become very rich.