New submitter goodboi writes: A Silicon Valley building contractor is suing 8 of its critics over the reviews they posted on Yelp. The negative reviews were filtered out by Yelp’s secretive ranking system, but in court documents filed earlier this month, Link Corporation claims that the bad publicity cost over $165, 000 in lost business. Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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8 Yelp Reviewers Hit With $1.2 Million Defamation Suits