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[–] Oestradiolo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Is there also a privacy focused alternative to yelp? I’d like to know the ratings of a business before I start driving.

[–] yo_scottie_oh@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 days ago

There are organizations that purport to be Yelp alternatives, such as Open Reviews Association, but I haven't seen anything with widespread integration or adoption. It's a cool idea nonetheless.

[–] j4p@lemm.ee 9 points 4 days ago

This is honestly the only thing I use gmaps for too. I feel like organic and other map apps are useful, but there are very few others for looking up restaurant/business info with the ease of gmaps

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Is yelp even reliable? No bots?

[–] daddy32@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

Bots are not the problem, yelp's own business practices are.

[–] Oestradiolo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Pretty sure they’re able to rank votes differently based on how sure they are a person is a person.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Well, recaptcha has trouble with this.