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[NewHorizon]

If anyone ever wondered, yes there is a former Prosper employee who left Prosper to take a job at Yelp.

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/marcel-bauduin/2/8a7/876

I see Yelp mentioned, but not Prosper.
I gather you know some way else that he was at Prosper?
Or was part of his profile hidden or deleted since you posted?

ETA: "some way else" ??

[Urbi_et_Orbi]

If anyone ever wondered, yes there is a former Prosper employee who left Prosper to take a job at Yelp.

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/marcel-bauduin/2/8a7/876

I see Yelp mentioned, but not Prosper.
I gather you know some way else that he was at Prosper?
Or was part of his profile hidden or deleted since you posted?

ETA: "some way else" ??

No, I can still see it as part of the full profile.

Experience
Account Executive Yelp.com
Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry

September 2008 – Present (1 year 2 months)

Account Manager Prosper Marketplace
Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Financial Services industry

January 2008 – July 2008 ( 7 months)

[xraider]

I never received an email explaining why my review was deleted.  I do, however, periodically receive other emails from Yelp asking me to add reviews, or visit their site.

[NewHorizon]

Received this from Yelp a while back about a comment I made about a Prosper borrower:

We're writing to let you know about our decision to remove your review of BellaPelle Skin Studio. Your review was flagged by the Yelp community, and our Support team has determined that it falls outside our Review Guidelines (http://www.yelp.com/faq#great_review) because it is not a relevant firsthand consumer experience.

We review every situation with detail and take the removal of reviews very seriously.

(Bolding mine)

[xraider]

I just tried to post another review, and when I pulled up my profile, my old review was there.  I don't know why it doesn't show on the page.  

My new review is now there....

[Urbi_et_Orbi]

I just tried to post another review, and when I pulled up my profile, my old review was there.  I don't know why it doesn't show on the page.  

My new review is now there....

Can't see it...

[xraider]

You're right.  It's gone.  I wonder what's up with that?

[onthefence]

You're right.  It's gone.  I wonder what's up with that?

E-mail them and ask.

[Urbi_et_Orbi]

Down to just ONE review now...

http://www.yelp.com/biz/prosper-marketplace-inc-san-francisco-2

[onthefence]

Sounds like Prosper has paid up to Yelp to remove reviews.

[Pioneer]

You're right.  It's gone.  I wonder what's up with that?

Yelp also removed my criticism of Bernardsville VW.  Removing negative posts renders this site useless IMHO.

[NewHorizon]

Sounds like Prosper has paid up to Yelp to remove reviews.

Or maybe the reviews are still there - but you can't see them because they're transparent now.   

[Risk_Reward]

Yelp is a scam and an extortion racket.  They allow bad reviews, then get companies to pay for removing them.

http://www.eastbayexpress.com/gyrobase/yelp_and_the_business_of_extortion_2_0/Content?oid=927491&showFullText=true

[xraider]

Great.  One sleazy company benefiting another.

[Pioneer]

Yelp is a scam and an extortion racket.  They allow bad reviews, then get companies to pay for removing them.

http://www.eastbayexpress.com/gyrobase/yelp_and_the_business_of_extortion_2_0/Content?oid=927491&showFullText=true

Oh boy, this is making me see red.  I'd like to write another review of B'ville VW and copy and paste this article in it.