Yelp Sucks

There have been several posts lately that is questionable on if it should even be here, yet they remain visible. At the same time, I’ve noticed comments and other posts being deleted by moderators, as I can still see the message indicating that content was removed.

This raises concerns about whether the moderation is activity reviewing this group. I would appreciate some clarification on the group’s moderation policies and how decisions are made regarding which posts or comments are removed.

Probably not a huge shock. At least Google and Amazon are doing something to combat the problem though. Google removed 240 million reviews from their platform in 2024. Yelp has less than 350 million reviews and only filters the 5-star ones when you don’t pay them 🤡

Hi all,

I only started using yelp about a few months ago. I started paid ads with them last month so I have done quite a bit of businesss through there. I have an appliance repair business. I have had 5 new reviews in August, 10 total on profile. Yelp has now flagged 5. I literally got all of them *from* yelp paid ads, like they booked with me and communicated with me through the app. I even marked their job thing as "done" when work was completed. I did not ask for a single one. Some are detailed and paragraphs long. 2 were left by accounts with lots of review history/pictures.

How do I appeal this process? I know Yelp is very specific about hiding fake ads but they literally came from the app, booked through the app, etc. There has tl be some way for AI to review it, no???

As a business owner, it is my duty to warn others about Yelp and its predatory tactics.

Today, r/yelpsucks received over 2,000 visitors and we’ve been up for only a few hours.

Fuck Yelp. Let’s be the last nail in the coffin for this shithole of a company.

Keep WallStreet out of my small business!