Yelp’s anti-racist social credit nightmare. Yelp now posts unsubstantiated accusations of racism. @msmelchen asks, "What could possibly go wrong?"

It’s seven in the evening and you’re working late. You’re interrupted by the soft rumble of hunger pangs, an unmistakable reminder that you haven’t eaten dinner yet. There’s this newish fusion restaurant a couple of blocks away that you’ve been wanting to try, but haven’t had the chance to. Every time you’ve walked past, it’s buzzing with activity. So you look the restaurant up on Yelp to see if it’s worth your time and money. You launch the app and search, only to be hit with an alert emblazoned with an ominously large exclamation point:

‘Business Accused of Racist Behavior’

The R word. It’s the new scarlet letter. You’re so taken aback that you almost forget that you’re hungry. Your mind races to find a possible explanation. Could it be that the staff racially profiled a diner? Perhaps, like Starbucks, the staff allegedly denied bathroom access to a non-customer who happened to be black? Then you remember that these days, fusion cuisine itself is often a flashpoint in debates about cultural appropriation. Maybe the restaurant is just racist by virtue of its existence?


https://spectator.us/yelp-anti-racist-behavior-social-credit/


It did not take long for this to go wrong

https://thepostmillennial.com/antifa-begins-compiling-lists-of-businesses-to-add-to-yelps-racism-blacklist

Didgee wrote:It’s seven in the evening and you’re working late. You’re interrupted by the soft rumble of hunger pangs, an unmistakable reminder that you haven’t eaten dinner yet. There’s this newish fusion restaurant a couple of blocks away that you’ve been wanting to try, but haven’t had the chance to. Every time you’ve walked past, it’s buzzing with activity. So you look the restaurant up on Yelp to see if it’s worth your time and money. You launch the app and search, only to be hit with an alert emblazoned with an ominously large exclamation point:

‘Business Accused of Racist Behavior’

The R word. It’s the new scarlet letter. You’re so taken aback that you almost forget that you’re hungry. Your mind races to find a possible explanation. Could it be that the staff racially profiled a diner? Perhaps, like Starbucks, the staff allegedly denied bathroom access to a non-customer who happened to be black? Then you remember that these days, fusion cuisine itself is often a flashpoint in debates about cultural appropriation. Maybe the restaurant is just racist by virtue of its existence?


https://spectator.us/yelp-anti-racist-behavior-social-credit/


It did not take long for this to go wrong

https://thepostmillennial.com/antifa-begins-compiling-lists-of-businesses-to-add-to-yelps-racism-blacklist

Yelp was already fairly suspect.

Now it will be useless.

All in some silly attempt to be woke.

I have absolutely no idea what "yelp" is, or what @whateveritwas has anything to do with...


It's all gobbledegook to me...

Tommy Monk wrote:


I have absolutely no idea what "yelp" is, or what @whateveritwas has anything to do with...


It's all gobbledegook to me...

Yelp is a social media rating system for businesses. A lot of people use it to review places. Bad Yelp reviews can be very damaging to a business. Certain groups will target a business for bad reviews because of something an owner said or did.

I have friends in the restaurant and bar business. They really cant express opinions anywhere online. Way too dangerous. They only use social media to promote their business.