-----Original Message-----
FROM: 'Alma @ Yelp HQ' [mailto:no-reply@yelp.com]
SENT: Jun 7 2011 5:27PM
SUBJECT:Message from Yelp HQ


JUN 07, 2011 | 03:27PM PDT 

Hi Food, 

I'm writing to let you know that your account was flagged by the Yelp community, and our Support team has determined that there are promotional aspects to your account which currently violate our Terms of Service (http://www.yelp.com/static?p=tos).

Personal accounts cannot be used in a promotional manner, and the links to your blog that you've included in your reviews and nickname violate Yelp's Terms of Service (http://www.yelp.com/static?p=tos). 

We'd appreciate it if you could remove the promotional links by June 14, 2011. If they are not removed by this date, we'll unfortunately have to remove the reviews. 

Please note that you are welcome to post a link in your profile under "My Blog or Website", but links outside of your profile such as in reviews are considered promotional content. 

Regards, 
Alma 
Yelp User Support 
San Francisco, California 

Yelp Official Blog | http://officialblog.yelp.com  
Yelp Frequently Asked Questions | http://www.yelp.com/faq  
Yelp for Business Owners | http://www.yelp.com/business  
For your reference this is Case #: 67569 

-----Original Message-----
FROM: The Food Bitch; www.MealSchpeal.com
SENT: Jun 7 2011 5:48PM
SUBJECT:RE: Message from Yelp HQ

 

Hi Alma, 

There is no way I am going through the process 80 times. Feel free to remove the links via SQL query. Your database guys should be able to pull this off in seconds instead of the hours it would take me. 

All my reviews have the same signature and the SQL statement would look similar to: 

UPDATE [REVIEW_TABLE] SET [BODY_TEXT] = REPLACE(BODY_TEXT, ‘http://Mealschpeal.com 
http://www.facebook.com/pages/MealSchpeal/153853269285’, ‘mealschpeal’) WHERE USERID=’M3eJgeSql9GmgLLZn83s5A’ 

I am assuming the names REVIEW_TABLE and BODY_TEXT. Your geeks will be able to pull this off in no time. 

Take care, 

-----Original Message-----
FROM: 'Alma @ Yelp HQ' [mailto:no-reply@yelp.com]  
SENT: Jun 14 2011 6:23PM
SUBJECT:Message from Yelp HQ 
JUN 14, 2011 | 04:23PM PDT 

Hi Food, 

As you have chosen not to remove the aforementioned links from your reviews, we are removing those reviews which contain the links. Again, you are welcome to post a link in your profile under "My Blog or Website", but links placed within reviews or outside of that space appear as promotional content and are in violation of Yelp's TOS (http://www.yelp.com/static?p=tos).  

Personal accounts cannot be used to promote another business, website or blog. As such, we'd greatly appreciate it if you could amend your nickname so that it no longer promotes your blog by June 17, 2011, otherwise we may have to close your account. 

Please let us know if you have any questions. 

Regards, 
Alma 
Yelp User Support 
San Francisco, California 

Yelp Official Blog | http://officialblog.yelp.com  
Yelp Frequently Asked Questions | http://www.yelp.com/faq  
Yelp for Business Owners | http://www.yelp.com/business  
For your reference this is Case #: 67569 
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-----Original Message-----
FROM: The Food Bitch; www.MealSchpeal.com
SENT: Jun 15 2011 8:00AM
SUBJECT:RE: Message from Yelp HQ

 

Hi Alma, 

Given how much you care about receiving my replies, you won't care that I tell you to carefully raise your right hand with the palm facing away from you and flex all fingers but the middle at the second knuckle. 


Then shove it up your nose.

Kisses, 

The Food Bitch; www.MealSchpeal.com