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1 posted on 10/14/2020 5:20:55 AM PDT by karpov
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Why I don’t use Yelp or anything similar.

I’m more the word of mouth type.


2 posted on 10/14/2020 5:22:58 AM PDT by PeteB570 ( Islam is the sea in which the Terrorist Shark swims. The deeper the sea the larger the shark.)
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The LEFT/DEMOCRATS are dangerous - here’s the play-by-play of the Denver Shooting: https://www.denverpost.com/2020/10/12/denver-protest-shooting-photos-full-sequence/


3 posted on 10/14/2020 5:24:04 AM PDT by Patriot_MP (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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Burn, Loot & Murder and pantyfa are Mao’s Red Guard, right out of his “Little Red Book”.


4 posted on 10/14/2020 5:35:43 AM PDT by Eagles6
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I am hoping that Yelp! is just using this ‘controversy’ churn up free advertising and will drop it later.
However, if Yelp DOES implement this, I hope they are sued out of existence.
IN the meantime, it won’t have any impact or I will actually prefer ‘racist’ restaurants as a reaction to this crap.


6 posted on 10/14/2020 5:45:12 AM PDT by Little Ray (uan)
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Restaurants that want only good customers should simply post a sign that reads “No Niggards”. It means “no misers” and has nothing to do with “teens”. Bad money chases away good money so keeping the snowflakes out is often the difference between profit or loss.


7 posted on 10/14/2020 5:51:13 AM PDT by Reeses (A journey of a thousand miles begins with a government pat down.)
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‘Yelp Guilty of anti-American Behavior’

All these damned outfits think they’ve got their own little Pol Potish version of an American social reengineering dream going on. As if it could never backfire on them. I don’t want to hear them crying when they’re led to a ditch somewhere for their own little dose of lead.


8 posted on 10/14/2020 5:51:28 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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race hoaxes on steroids


9 posted on 10/14/2020 5:51:55 AM PDT by joshua c
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warning to restaurants. Minorities can do whatever they want in your restaurant. Minorities can demand whatever they want in your restaurant or you will receive a scarlet letter.


10 posted on 10/14/2020 5:53:57 AM PDT by joshua c
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Well. I wouldn't be so fast to condemn them, but only if they altered their functionality to do things other than report Racism.

Personally, if I were to use Yelp (I don't) and saw a "Accused of Racism" flag, I certainly wouldn't go through the handwringing outlined in the excerpt.

If I DID use Yelp (I don't) and saw an organization accused of racism, I would go out of my way to support that business and patronize it under the assumption that nearly all modern accusations of racism are from Leftists, and therefore baseless. Those incidents that are not baseless are likely individual actions or behaviors, and as such, likely not condoned by the owners.

However, if Yahoo incorporated the following reporting functionality into their program, I would DEFINITELY consider using it:

  • General Leftist Behavior

  • Virtue Signaling

  • Affiliation with or support of Terrorist/Marxist Organizations

  • Fails to protect patrons from Leftist aggressors

  • Overt support of Leftist causes or candidates

  • Allows employees to politically harangue customers

  • Is a hangout for Leftists

  • Displays offensive or Leftist material on the premises


I would find this most useful. If I saw any of these things flagged, I would immediately look for another place to take my business to.

In actuality, they could expand this further, to flag things in a positive way:
  • Supports 2nd Amendment Rights

  • Supports US Military and Law Enforcement

  • Protects patrons from Leftist aggressors so they can dine in peace

  • Overt support of Conservative causes or candidates

  • Prohibits employees from politically haranguing customers

  • Is a hangout for Conservatives

  • Displays patriotic or American themed material on the premises


See, if Yelp or any of these Tech giants were intelligent, they would allow this to be driven both ways. That way they could be even-handed, and customers could choose appropriately. Instead, they choose to drive away customers. Of course, these businesses are the ones that suffer, not Yelp.
11 posted on 10/14/2020 6:00:17 AM PDT by rlmorel ("Leftism is the plaything of a society with too much time on its hands." - Candace Owens)
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Basically Yelp just enabled blackmailing of any business listed there.

Personally, I believe there should be extreme liability attached to this rating and no anonymity whatsoever.

15 posted on 10/14/2020 6:12:19 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists...Socialists...Fascists & AntiFa...Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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one of my favorites showing the stupidity Antifa/Yelp

https://clearnewswire.com/465810.html
After announcing that it will now be placing “Business Accused of Racist Behavior Alert” buttons on the pages of businesses that may or may not be engaging in “racist behavior,” the crowd-sourced rating service Yelp has quickly transformed into a tool for Antifa and Black Lives Matter (BLM) extremists to create lists of offending stores to terrorize. This is already happening in Portland where @safePDX, a violent Antifa group responsible for organizing “protests” through Twitter, announced that it will be using Yelp to compile a list of “non-friendly” businesses throughout Portland that are caught “hanging blue lives garbage in their store or anything else that’s anti the BLM movement.” The now-private Twitter account, which currently has around 6,000 followers, further encouraged radical extremists to “[d]rop them below,” referring to the names of businesses believed to be in opposition to Antifa and BLM terrorism. Brothers Cannabis Dispensary, Portland’s oldest cannabis dispensary, is one of the businesses already being targeted. According to @safePDX follower Portland Sound Bloc, also known as “Rob” in a Portland Monthly article, the dispensary displays “pro-cop s*** in the windows,” and must now pay a price. The minority-owned dispensary, which has a majority of minority employees, responded to the accusation with a simple question, illustrating that Portland Sound Bloc has no idea what he is talking about and is gravely mistaken. “What Pro-cop thing are you talking about?” Brothers Cannabis Dispensary asked. “Are you referring to this portland police alarm permit we are required to display since day one?” As it turns out, Brothers Cannabis Dispensary, like all other Portland businesses that have an alarm security system, is required to display an annual permit showing that its alarm system is registered with the Portland Police Bureau. “Please cut this permit between the lines indicated, then tape it in a visible location, preferably near the entrance, for responding officers,” an image of the permit, as posted, reads.’

A display of alarm security system required by law. You can’t make this stuff up!


17 posted on 10/14/2020 6:14:28 AM PDT by griswold3 (Democratic Socialism is Slavery by Mob Rule)
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It’s coming. As soon as the race extortionists think of it.


18 posted on 10/14/2020 6:14:43 AM PDT by I want the USA back (4 More years! DJT!)
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Something like Yelp is always open to fake reviews, positive and negative. Over the weekend I ate at a place I have gone to for years and have been satisfied. This time, I had the worst service experience in my life. I could have written a negative review, and if I wanted to really stick it to them, I could write that the bad experience was racially motivated. It wasn’t, but who would know otherwise?


20 posted on 10/14/2020 6:31:33 AM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.)
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The first accusation is against Yelp itself for racist behavior. Who could then justify using an app that’s racist?


22 posted on 10/14/2020 6:39:43 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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Someone that yelp accuse a business of racism should sue the living hell out of them in a conservative jurisdiction. Even if they win mostly, That would cost them money and aggravation. Repeat the process thousands of times.


28 posted on 10/14/2020 6:55:33 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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It’s like scrawling “Juden” on the window of a business. These people will never see themselves as they really are.


31 posted on 10/14/2020 7:16:03 AM PDT by Spok (All free men are equal only in their freedom; everything else is up to them.)
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What’s a yelp? I used to have something called that on my phone but a few days ago I got rid of it forever. Oh right, I did that because they said they were enforcing a chinese social credit policy so they are dead to me forever.


32 posted on 10/14/2020 7:28:41 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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Sounds like an innocent business may end up owning Yelp.


35 posted on 10/14/2020 8:35:08 AM PDT by Mr Rogers
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I don’t necessarily trust online reviews...good ones are probably from staff, relatives and friends; bad ones are from competitors and staff, family and friends.


37 posted on 10/14/2020 9:17:12 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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Write a review of YELP and say they are racist.
See how quick they take that down and ban you.


40 posted on 10/14/2020 2:31:27 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party)
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