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Cookie Monster replied on April 25, 2009 19:59 to the problem "real stupid!" in Yelp:

Typical of yelp. Punish the victim, and leave the jerk online.

The craigslist stalker is back in the news. I'm sure it won't be long before there is a similar murderer loose on yelp.

Cookie Monster replied on September 19, 2008 12:44 to the problem "real stupid!" in Yelp:

They do REQUIRE it for "elite" status...

Those that do comply are idiots, not to mention snobs.

Cookie Monster replied on September 10, 2008 03:05 to the problem ""Yelp is always overworked" when I signup with my zipcode 90210. No replies from Yelp when e-mailed. They're ironically promoting themselves in Rodeo Dr Beverly Hills events that I am invited." in Yelp:

At one time I had at least 3 accounts. The only rule about them is not in the TOS, but in the talk guidlines, where they say you can't post from multiple accounts to the same thread (talking / arguing with your self)

But then the droids that manage the site do it via Calvinball, making up the ruules as they go along. And of course the rules are different for different people. And it's worse if you're a business owner. Don't yield to their payola extortion demands, and you get screwed. Pay and the bad reviews vanish, don't pay and the good ones vanish.

Cookie Monster replied on August 28, 2008 19:05 to the problem "Yelp cancels accounts instead of providing content warnings" in Yelp:

Pompous jerks! They cancelled my account claiming it was "created by automated means", which seems to be their solution to getting rid of accounts of people they don't like or don't fit their demographics, which seems to be stupid horny single alcoholic yuppies between the ages of puberty and 25.

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Cookie Monster replied on August 11, 2008 15:40 to the problem ""Yelp is always overworked" when I signup with my zipcode 90210. No replies from Yelp when e-mailed. They're ironically promoting themselves in Rodeo Dr Beverly Hills events that I am invited." in Yelp:

Brittany, you have to contact their customer disservice droid to request your account be deleted.

Or you can just post a negative review of yelp in SF and start posting in talk threads about all of the site problems, and they'll delete your acount for you.

Cookie Monster reported a problem in Yelp on August 08, 2008 23:32:

real stupid!

The really serious problem with yelp is their insistence that users use real names and post real photographs of themselves. Then you go and review neighborhood businesses where you live or where you work. Can you think of a better environment for an internet stalker, who now knows your name, what you look like, and where you hang out?
There are already examples of users gettign harassed by others. How long will it be before a stalker like the one that murdered a craigslist user in minnesota shows up on Yelp? I wonder how much liability insurance the site owners carry?

Cookie Monster replied on August 08, 2008 23:16 to the problem "Yelp.com "talk" is completely out of control!" in Yelp:

YELP SUPPORTS THE ABUSE OF WOMEN

Not only is it out of control, but managements response is ass backwards. One user in Chicago was harassing someone, denying that she was a rape victim. Yelp's response was not to delete the harasser, but to delete the victim, and those that stood up for her.