Yelp claims they run reviews through anti-fraud filter. Basically, it tries to detect fake reviews and filter them out.
Guess what? Dr. Bindi recently has a prominent Yelp banner on his website. This means that he paid the company for the advertisement. What does this do for him? It pushes 5 star reviews high up and then...bury reviews that may not be exactly glowing. That's fine, they have to earn money somehow.
Interestingly enough, my review got filtered out. Yelp can push unfavorable reviews down, but when they filter out legitimate reviews as bogus, then they stepped into the the realm of shadiness. Now, I ask you, with my active review writing and even with my taking out some of the sharp criticisms, the review still got filtered out. Why? Because I spoke the truth. Unfavorable 3 line reviews are OK, but a balanced and truthful review backed up with research will get filtered out. Nevertheless, my review for Dr. Furlong stays. Am I bogus or not, Yelp? You can't have it both ways.
Did Dr. Bindi after having paid Yelp to promote him requested my review be buried? You decide.
That is so wrong, Yelp. Apparently, you can buy reviews on Yelp or pay to filter unfavorable reviews. This may not be Dr. Bindi's fault, but it may come back to hurt him in the long run. Most Yelp users click on the filtered reviews to get the whole picture sans shady dealings. Having a legitimate review buried is bad for business.
Update 3/22/12: Okay, it looks like it's part of Yelp's funky algorithm. It wasn't part of some diabolical conspiracy by Yelp and Dr. Bindi. The trick is to add some friends and update your profile with your real name and it will eventually get your review out of filter.
I have found your blog to be extremely helpful. I had a lasik surgery scheduled with Furlong 2 weeks ago and decided to postpone to April since I found too much conflicting information online regarding post surgery expectations. I would love to continue reading about how your wife progresses. Specifically whether the halos go away and how her night vision, dark color/contrast experience, and close up reading compares to pre surgery. Thanks again
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ReplyDeleteI'm glad you found it helpful. The information in here is what I wish was available when we started our research. So I'm glad I can compile it for future LASIK patients like my wife.
I think it's a wise choice to postpone any surgery you're not too truly comfortable with. The unfortunate situation is that all research are biased if there is a source of funding for it. Therefore, VISEK and ALCON funded research should be disregarded. Review the independent research such as the ones from Stanford University.
The reason you have conflicting results from different sources is that all patients are different and all eyes are different. That doesn't mean it's conflicting, it just means different individuals have different results. You have to find the differences for why their experiences differ: their prescription, their cornea thickness, their doctor, and what technology did they choose?
I will post a follow-up post for the 3 week results from your questions.
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