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We can't know which reviews are truthful. Presumably some are, some aren't. Obviously allowing the business owner to make that determination is dubious.

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I can go and buy however many Yelp reviews I need right now, good or bad for as little as $5/review. Dig deeper and you realize Yelp uses the same tactics as the mafia in Italy to extort store owners and use heavy handed tactics.

Reviews are BS anyway, I don't know you therefore why on earth would I listen to your opinion on something?

>Reviews are BS anyway, I don't know you therefore why on earth would I listen to your opinion on something?

Because you trust them? Just as one can on news sites find a journalist that speaks to you, one can find and follow reviewers that do the same.

PS $5 a review? Seems expensive.

Right so you look for reviewers based on the same opinion as yours? Seems like a really crappy way to find new things no?

This strategy works, but only if you know the reviewer. Preferably personally.

Maybe knowing a reviewer actually personally would help it further by noting their consistencies or idiosyncrasies or honesty; but it's long winded method. You can glean a ton by following any person, honest/consistent or not, after all it's what's made social media owners so powerful.

>Right so you look for reviewers based on the same opinion as yours?<

Maybe reread my post, preferably in context.

On the other hand seems like a reasonable way to find some more examples of stuff that you know you and the other person likes.

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