Comments on: Yelp reviewers beware, negative reviews may get you sued

By: jdsup

jdsup — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:41:12 +0000

I think its important for consumers not to slander a business or write malicious reviews, they should have the right to post an opinion. However, if you are posting a negative review make sure you have the facts straight. And consumers should also go back and review any comments made in anger about the negative experience, as often people say things they don't really mean in the heat of the moment. Few businesses want to sue or even go after their customers and use customer feedback as a tool, but they also have a reputation to protect. To me, cases s like this should not inhibit freedom of speech. They should just serve as a reminder not abuse that freedom or be malicious.

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By: JoeAnne11

JoeAnne11 — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:28:09 +0000

In my opinion this kind of things only pull our world to commit bad actioans and I cannot agree with that. I can't understand why can't people desire better things, peace and stuffs like that and the only things that are passing through some people's minds is revenge, kill, fight and stuff like that. I really hope for our humanity to change from bad to better sometime in the near future.
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By: JoeAnne11

JoeAnne11 — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:28:09 +0000

By: auto_insurance_collision

auto_insurance_collision — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:58:32 +0000

Bravo, Bros! keep going like this, more good info again.

By: Dr David Black

Dr David Black — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:08:12 +0000

Negative reviews are unhelpful to everyone.
Dr.David Black
www.blackchiropractic.com.au

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:39:33 +0000

Thanks for the tip Janine!

By: Janine

Janine — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:17:18 +0000

Below's a thread about someone giving a company a bad review, and then a Yelp employee going out of their way to contact and eventually harass the reviewer. When the reviewer blocks the employee's communications to avoid further harassment, the employee then opens a public thread, and divulges private emails.

The employee at first vehemently denies being paid by Yelp, but later gets caught confessing to the whole thing:
“yelps pays me a lot of money to protect its sponsors. its a good racket. dont blow it for me.”
The fact that this same employee who began the harassment has also given the other company a glowing review, is completely unethical to say the least.

See for yourself, and quickly, before Yelp pulls the thread down to cover up their tracks:
http://www.yelp.com/topic/san-francisco-calling...

By: Yelp lawsuit ends in mutual agreement | GPS Obsessed

Yelp lawsuit ends in mutual agreement | GPS Obsessed — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:46:38 +0000

[...] defamation lawsuit filed by a San Francisco chiropractor against a patient who wrote a negative review of him on Yelp has been settled, according to CNET. According to [...]

By: Yelp review spurs test case for online defamation

Yelp review spurs test case for online defamation — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:04:32 +0000

[...] Should the court decide in favor of the plaintiff, this could have wide implications for not only sites like Yelp, but also for posts and comments on blogs and other forums (I know I’m going to revisit my [...]