Comments on: Why Social Media Kills the Competition:Yelp.com Case Study

By: nicolas

nicolas — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 23:15:25 +0000

I´m new at yelp kind of sites, and I was wondering… do you (anyone who reads this) think “kudos” for being the first person to review some place is motivating enough to make them come again? basically, is this motivation enough for making people participate in this kind of sites? pls, feel free to comment about this… I´m really interesten on this matter.

By: Ellen Weber

Ellen Weber — Sat, 12 Aug 2006 16:45:45 +0000

You build a great case for the openness that blogs and other democratic forms of good expression. Refreshing post!

By: kadavy

kadavy — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 22:34:04 +0000

You’re right, being an elite member does get you invited to some cool parties…with free booze! Yelp really dishes out the Ego Capital

By: Kare Anderson

Kare Anderson — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 17:48:13 +0000

I agree with recognizing and rewarding good quality reviews – especially with the massive amount of unevenly written comments online
Re ‘Yelp gives special kudos for being the first person to review a location.” StyleHive does, as well and also reflects other loyalty and community value-building traits you characterized as valuable for a social network to thrive.