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The end of journalism has led to some pretty crazy things—online diaries, stories about as long as the one you’re reading now, and the most apocalyptic of them all: user reviews. Sure it’s nice to get some 411 on local businesses from all kinds of people, but that good info is often surrounded by nonsense from jerks, assholes, and illiterates.
Take Yelp for instance. You might appreciate all the reviews of Hula’s Modern Tiki. But then someone’s gotta chime in “This fantastic establishment harkened me back to island vacations, where delectable fare flowed freely and time slowed for a near-perfect beach-side experience, casual yet elegant all around.” Huh?
Now you can block people like this with a new application called Yelp Without Pity. If you run Safari 5, you can use it. This program allows you to block reviewers (like crazy people on Facebook) so they never appear in your Yelp experience ever again. Ever. The instructions are outlined at the link below. Think about it, you’ll never have to hear John S. complain that the bar was out of his boutique tequila ever again. So maybe there’s something else journalism’s demise has led to: justice.
Get it here: http://cobralibre.github.com/Yelp-Without-Pity/
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