#applemaps navigation language (i.e. “go past this light, then at the next one turn right”) is better than #googlemaps imo which uses feet for everything. Seriously who can visualize 1,000 feet while driving? But using #yelp for reviews and pictures is a serious crutch for Apple Maps.
I’ve never really used a vpn on my phone, never felt the need to. Learned that #ProtonVPN had a free version, recently. Installed it. Activated it. Let it run for a day. At least three apps stopped functioning properly, including #Yelp which completely did not work. No option to selectively exclude apps from the vpn that I could see.
I've never used #Yelp before, and idk how relevant they even are here, but it seems like there's a "trend" (maybe) lately of visiting locations with bad reviews on Yelp or any other "user-provided" review platforms and add your own review of the place, whether they're actually good or not.
Found this comment on one video of this "trend" where the three places they went to (1 service, 2 food) all turned out to be really good/pleasant and 5-star worthy. According to this comment and some of the replies, Yelp reviews aren't that reliable, for potentially malicious/cash grabbing reasons on Yelp's end. P2W business strat I guess.
'The study, coauthored by Harvard Business School Professor Michael Luca, Abhay Aneja at the University of California-Berkeley, and Oren Reshef of Washington University in St. Louis, shows that making it easier to search for Black restaurant owners on Yelp substantially increased their demand, leading to more calls, more delivery orders, as well as more in-person visits—boosting in-store traffic by about 10 percent.'
#Paxton#sued#Yelp Thurs, alleging the review platform’s labeling of #crisis#pregnancy ctrs, facilities that aim to dissuade women from having abortions, #violates#StateLaw — the latest example of corporate ripple effects from #SCOTUS’s decision to overturn #RoeVWade last year.
#Yelp added a #label to #pregnancy resource centers in #Texas clarifying they “typically provide #limited#medical services & may not have #licensed medical professionals on-site,” acc/to the #lawsuit. #Paxton’s office called that label “misleading & often untrue,” & said Yelp left the label up “until reproached by Attorney General Paxton earlier this year.”
Yelp has started publicly naming and shaming businesses that pay for reviews. The review site's new index documents businesses offering everything from a crisp $100 bill for leaving the best review to a $400 Home Depot gift card for a five-star review. It also lists every business whose reviews have ever been suspected of...
@realTuckFrumper
I’m sure the bigoted #MAGANazi that sued to be able to discriminate against the customers she made up in her head that never asked her to make a gay wedding website if she ever decides to go into the business of making wedding websites fully supports those people posting on #Yelp using their own artistry and creativity.
I recently paid nearly $30 for the blandest take-out #pizza I've ever eaten in #LosAngeles. So I wrote a snarky #Yelp review, insinuating that the restaurant had copied Costco's boring recipe.
An hour later, I deleted the review. I found no joy in attacking a small business that didn't do anything malicious. Indeed, deleting that review felt so good, I went ahead and deleted my Yelp account that had years of reviews.
At least for me, the value of #socialmedia isn't always worth the cost.
Yelp names and shames businesses paying for 5-star reviews (arstechnica.com)
Yelp has started publicly naming and shaming businesses that pay for reviews. The review site's new index documents businesses offering everything from a crisp $100 bill for leaving the best review to a $400 Home Depot gift card for a five-star review. It also lists every business whose reviews have ever been suspected of...