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Yelp names and shames businesses paying for 5-star reviews

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Re: Yelp names and shames businesses paying for 5-star reviews

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neom wrote: post #3
bag_boy wrote: post #2

Are these only businesses in California? I tried to load more on mobile several times but only got CA companies.

Cali, NY and Texas are the majority of what I see. Some Arizona mixed in.

> Cali, NY and Texas are the majority of what I see.

California, New York, and Texas are very large states with lots of businesses accounting for about 1/3 of the national economy, so (especially given that people often overestimate the share of the largest contributors when not actually doing the math) that it would seem like the majority.

Re: Yelp names and shames businesses paying for 5-star reviews

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Yeah, Yelp doesn’t like it when people pay third-parties to manipulate reviews, because their business model centers around extorting businesses to pay them to have their reviews manipulated, and if they aren’t the exclusive distortion vendor, their profits drop.
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