# Disappeared yelp review makes monstro sad

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappeared-yelp-review-makes-monstro-sad/637636>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 13, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappeared-yelp-review-makes-monstro-sad/637636 "2012-10-13T18:58:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappeared-yelp-review-makes-monstro-sad/637636/1 "2012-10-13T18:58:41Z")

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I wrote a Yelp review and it’s not there anymore. Or rather, it’s there but it’s been filtered out so that it’s no longer visible for anyone who does a search on the business. And the only reason I can think of for this is that my review was too glowing. I only spoke the truth, though.

Yelp can kiss my shiny high-yellow ass.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappeared-yelp-review-makes-monstro-sad/637636/2 "2012-10-13T19:35:22Z")

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I think one of my reviews went into hiding for a while, but it came back. I read their ‘filtering’ article, and things seem to go in and out.

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**Author:** ![Noodles\_Fellicini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e36b37/32.png) [@Noodles\_Fellicini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noodles_Fellicini)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappeared-yelp-review-makes-monstro-sad/637636/3 "2012-10-14T05:27:09Z")

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Yelp sent me an email with a gossipy tone something to the effect of, “So what’s up with your review of \<Local Medical Clinic\>?” Sure enough, I checked and my negative review had poofed, never to return.

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**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappeared-yelp-review-makes-monstro-sad/637636/4 "2012-10-14T10:44:49Z")

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Someone needs to write a negative review of Yelp on Yelp.

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**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappeared-yelp-review-makes-monstro-sad/637636/5 "2012-10-14T12:22:21Z")

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I’ve heard that sometimes, if you don’t have enough friends on Yelp, the filtering software assumes you’re a bot and hides your reviews.

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**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappeared-yelp-review-makes-monstro-sad/637636/6 "2012-10-14T13:48:36Z")

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> [@Ferret\_Herder](#):
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> I’ve heard that sometimes, if you don’t have enough friends on Yelp, the filtering software assumes you’re a bot and hides your reviews.

It took awhile for my Yelp reviews to start appearing regularly, and not just because of bots - there are apparently also drive-bys by competitors.

That said, I still have no friends there. ☹