Yelp disables comments on the McDonald's that hosted Trump after influx of one-star reviews

Yelp temporarily disabled new reviews on the McDonald's in Feasterville, Pennsylvania, that former President Donald Trump visited Sunday, following an influx of unusual comments describing Trump's criminal convictions, demeanor and customer service skills with mostly one-star reviews.

"The fries were too salty as if someone who lost a major election had been crying over them for an hour," read a one-star review posted Oct. 21.

One five-star review from Monday said, "The best McDonalds I've ever been to in 47 years. The older employee was extremely nice. Make McDonalds Great Again! Bring back the Dollar Menu!"

More than 145 reviews had already been posted before Yelp paused commenting using its "unusual activity alert" yesterday.

"For Yelp to remain a useful resource to the community, reviews must be based on a genuine, firsthand experience with the business," said Noorie Malik, vice president of user operations at Yelp. "When we see the activity dramatically decrease or stop, our moderators will clean up the page so reviews describing only firsthand consumer experiences are reflected."

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