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Here's Yelp's statement on that messy GoFundMe partnership that outraged some small business owners, by opting them into fundraisers and making it difficult to opt out. Yelp says it will pause automatic rollout and will work to make it in opt-in only. https://t.co/ykxg1iAKio pic.twitter.com/FSwd7tIVaO
— Nick Statt (@nickstatt) March 27, 2020
Looks like @Yelp just put the program on hold after the public outcry (duh!) https://t.co/8uLDZY0drB
— ashkan soltani (@ashk4n) March 27, 2020
When is #siliconvalley going to learn that they need to get consent rather than automatically impose their will on the world at large?
I swear its like dealing with toddlers.
Thinking of @safiyanoble’s book as always, her last chapter is about Yelp’s extortion practices https://t.co/ALCwHslIeS
— Tessa Brown (@tessalaprofessa) March 27, 2020
Well, that didn't go as planned... -> Yelp to stop auto-creating fundraisers after outrage from business owners
— Glenn Gabe (@glenngabe) March 27, 2020
Some businesses were never notified, couldn't take them down, & were forced to send ID to have them taken down: https://t.co/EPW754mSop pic.twitter.com/rTq5rluLG8
Yelp to stop auto-creating fundraisers after outrage from business owners https://t.co/B0VOHuv7gZ pic.twitter.com/wT912ztYij
— The Verge (@verge) March 27, 2020
Pretty sure there is a team at Yelp whose sole job is to come up with terrible ideas.https://t.co/PFQBycXPER
— Drew Starr (@TheDrewStarr) March 27, 2020
But after today, delete @Yelp immediately. https://t.co/rjD42nKiXN
— Dave Shea (@mezzoblue) March 27, 2020
Well, this kinda blew up! ?
— Andy McMillan (@andymcmillan) March 27, 2020
Eater: https://t.co/XwGz9FskoB
Input: https://t.co/Fr6LCC5qVB
CNBC: https://t.co/lAUvH5yy6V
How did anyone think this was a good idea https://t.co/TJ4KVrUZRJ
— Joshua Topolsky (@joshuatopolsky) March 27, 2020
$YELP created @gofundme pages for small businesses this week without their consent, then made it hard to cancel. Yelp had to suspend the program after business owners complained. https://t.co/LO8tAO4lzQ
— Jessica Bursztynsky (@jbursz) March 27, 2020
Great to see yelp quickly listening to complaints and switching the GoFundMe campaigns to opt-in. I would totally donate to my favorite spots but they should be in on it. Not forced to. ✌️ https://t.co/2pgga96PNw
— DHH (@dhh) March 27, 2020
Yelp told Axios on Thursday that it is pausing a program designed to raise money for restaurants and small businesses after some owners complained they were signed up without consent and opting out of the program was overly cumbersome.https://t.co/dypvrb0xyp
— Axios (@axios) March 27, 2020
New: @Yelp pauses donation program with @gofundme after businesses complain they were enrolled with our consent. https://t.co/naCVXfzSaZ
— Ina Fried (@inafried) March 27, 2020
Tip @Techmeme
“It’s the worst kind of fake stewardship in a crisis, crafted to look like charity but really taking advantage of a horrific situation.” — Nick Kokonas, co-owner of Chicago's Alinea restaurant group https://t.co/z7l8tTsSiy
— Eater (@Eater) March 27, 2020
“This is some techbro horseshit thinking” https://t.co/JBPjWKjUrL
— erin deJesus (@asteriskerin) March 27, 2020
“It’s the worst kind of fake stewardship in a crisis" says @nickkokonas https://t.co/ZaKtOWcfgg
— caleb “cal” pershan (@calaesthetic) March 27, 2020
Yelp and GoFundMe made COVID-19 fundraisers for restaurants — but without their permission, or even their knowledge https://t.co/q0PIrARsR5 pic.twitter.com/X21NOH81Ot
— Eater (@Eater) March 27, 2020
This is some real bullshit. The only #DC restaurant I spotted with this donate button was @CentrolinaDC, but that was 30 minutes ago. It's gone now, keeping with @Yelp's statement that they're pausing the program until they find a way owners can opt-in. https://t.co/VTr5JJp1cl
— Laura Hayes (@LauraHayesDC) March 27, 2020
Apparently they were in the middle of rolling it out to any business with less than 5 locations on Yelp. They just announced that they're rolling it back though. https://t.co/1OXxYgpbl0
— Andy McMillan (@andymcmillan) March 27, 2020
Helping small businesses stay open isn’t purely charitable for Yelp — it’s a survival instinct, too. https://t.co/CrL5vyXBYK
— Eater (@Eater) March 28, 2020
Yelp and GoFundMe started automated fundraisers for restaurants without their consent and then made it super hard for them to shut them down if they didn’t want them. https://t.co/vQI9sQxZLG
— s.e. smith (@sesmith) March 27, 2020