Will this be Yelped?

Aug 05, 2008 00:22

This actually warrants a longer, more thoughtful essay, but since I'm flying to Denver tomorrow morning and this is timely, I'm going to make it short. As I pack for my trip, I have been watching the local news and it ran a story on the consumer review website, Yelp. The integrity of consumer reviews has always been questioned, but apparently Yelp ( Read more... )

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Yelpers gang mentslity anonymous August 11 2008, 23:00:58 UTC
Here is an example of how Yelp operates. Paid Yelpers communicate on a Yelp Topic Site ( www.yelp.com/topic/san-jose-yelp-being-bashed-on-cbs-5).
Two Yelpers who have never been in the establishment plot revenge because of the bad press brought to Yelp by establishment :

Linda "JuRae" L. says:

Oh yeah, I totally want ROTD now! aargh!

4 hours ago Jack "." W. says:

wtf thats some fuct up shit yo fuck rasberry lips imma give them a 1 star

I looked up ROTD and it means :

ROTD Rage of the Dragons (game)
ROTD Requiem of the Dead (game)
ROTD Return of the Dragons (gaming, Warcraft III Campaign)
ROTD Review of the Day

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