As the guide location intelligence and critique company , Foursquare and Yelp are n’t endeared to each other ’s mathematical product . They ’ve continually stepped on one another ’s toes , with a tenacious chronicle of competition leaving both companies slimly acerbate , and executives habitually throwing shade .

The most late example ? Foursquare CEO Jeff Glueck is accusing Yelp of shake down small businesses , or asking them to pay a fee for favourable ratings on the app .

OnReCode ’s Decode podcast , Glueck characterized the differences between Foursquare and Yelp as “ almost a Robin Hood matter , ” saying :

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“ Unlike Yelp – they have several thousand multitude who dial the pizzeria and the bar to try and get them to give each month – our ratings are really neutral . We recommend the great banh mi sandwich shop or the great ramen place , we ’re not biased in any agency . ”

What the Foursquare chief refers to is pretty well - document : To cite one example , small businesses in California alleged Yelp wring them into advertizing by manipulating military rating . In that case from 2014 , Yelp wasacquitted of extortion charges , but the company was investigated by the Federal Trade Committee for manipulating reviews in that year , although thatcase was dropped as well .

In light of Glueck ’s remarks , aReddit threadasks if the Foursquare CEO ’s financial statement is valid , and a few drug user have shared stories that strike a conversant chord , meaning that the old commission are still kind of an open interrogative sentence :

Glueck went on to say “ We ’re helping the little guys , but we ’re charging the big Fortune 500 company . ” That echoes a usual sentiment at Foursquare thatYelp is destined for irrelevance .

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Sam Blum is a News Staff Writer for Thrillist . He ’s also a martial arts and medicine nerd who appreciates a fine sandwich and cute dogs . regain his cartridge clip in The Guardian , Rolling Stone , The A.V. Club and Vice . He ’s on Twitter@Blumnessmonster .