I believe the details of the extortion scam is that if you don't pay up, they "f...

		nissimk on Jan 10, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Court to Yelp: Reveal names of negative reviewers I believe the details of the extortion scam is that if you don't pay up, they "flag" all of the positive reviews so that they are not shown by default and not included in the average. The algorithm for flagging is of course "proprietary."