By adamg on Fri., 1/3/2014 - 10:59 am
Patrick Maguire gets fed up with Yelp after reading somebody gave the Lincoln Tavern in South Boston just one star, not because of the food, but because they gave her a pizza to go in a generic box:
Maybe it’s a ruse, or maybe Nikki is just looking for a little attention, but restaurant workers have a right to be frustrated and angry when anonymous dimwits fuck with their livelihood. It’s not funny.
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a) Principal guys at yelp headquarters?... and b) Boston region?
By theszak
Fri, 01/03/2014 - 2:44pm
a) Who are the principal guys at the yelp headquarters?...
b) Who are the regional yelp people for each of the yelp regions ?...
c) Who are the regional yelp people for Boston?
Change yelp deficiencies!...
http://pon.harvard.edu
If you take Yelp "star" ratings at face value
By ChrisInEastie
Fri, 01/03/2014 - 3:42pm
You're doing it wrong. It's really not that hard to read comments, look at dates they were posted and find trends that might raise some flags or make a place more enticing. I get the frustration, but the rant only looks at one side. I've used Yelp quite a bit while traveling and found some great places I may have otherwise overlooked. And businesses have the ability to publicly respond to reviews at any time.
Not just a Yelp problem
By tape
Fri, 01/03/2014 - 3:50pm
Even though Yelp is one of the worst sources of reviews, it's far from the only one. People take to review sites and review irrelevant factors constantly. Ordered something from an online store and UPS screwed up your shipment? Leave a bad review on the product!
The other day, there was an influx of 1-star reviews on an iPhone app in Apple's App Store because it was given out free as part of an Apple 12 days of christmas kind of promotion, and people didn't like that it was the free app and they would have rather been given something they liked better for free.
Messing with Livlihood
By Mia Z
Fri, 02/14/2014 - 6:09pm
No matter what any of us think this is true. Could you imagine if you were reviewed by people for your performance? Even if you work in an office, picture someone posting a review about you. Maybe you suck at your job. I know when I was 17 I wasn't all that great.
I am not a server but I worked at a restaurant and some wait staff were truly great but a customer who doesn't know them, catches them on a bad night, can give a heinous review. I'm sure all of us have had bad days but nobody is reviewing us. You can just sit at your desk doing nothing and nobody would know. I know lots of people who pretend they are working which basically is a job in itself and exhausting if you ask me.
My cousins boyfriend, no matter how good a server was, always has something negative to say. Always. He yells at them etc. It's embarrassing. If he got on Yelp no restaurant would get a good review, anywhere. (ps this comment box is awful)
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