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03/26/2008 Angela "yelptastic rack" N. says:

Just an observation...it's like...which comes first, the chicken or the egg?  Elites disproportionately get ROTD.  I counted 4 non-elite, non-former elite ROTDs going back a few months.  Does a ROTD (help) get you elite status, or do elites just nominate other elites' reviews for ROTDs?  

Just trying to figure out the weird wacky world of yelp-land.
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03/26/2008 A J. says:

So...how many reviews does the average elite have?  The average non-elite?
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03/26/2008 grace "( | )" m. says:

not really.  most ROTDs are not elites.
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03/26/2008 grace "( | )" m. says:

also, if you extrapolate future ROTDs from the average reviews that elites have...... how many total ROTDs will they have in their lifetime?
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03/26/2008 grace "( | )" m. says:

95% of the time, ROTDs have 3 stars or more.
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03/26/2008 KayJay .. says:

Neither.
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03/26/2008 Sammy "Off My Sassy, B*tch" S. says:

Uggg, math. I'm done here.
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03/26/2008 Skunky "have you located my informational paper materials?" G. says:

Here we go again.

STOP QUESTIONING THE MACHINE.

The secret formula is secret and picking it apart will not help.

But writing the "f" word in reviews won't help you either. My ROTDs have all been f-word free. Beyond that, who knows.
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03/26/2008 Sara "Woefully Unemployed" F. says:

alissa got rotd before she got elite.
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Tito Grace "trying to be (   /\   )  instead of being (  |  )" m. says:

not really.  most ROTDs are not elites.
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False...at least looking at SF ROTD.  Of the past 40 ROTDs, only 4 were from (currently) non-elites
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03/26/2008 Sammy "Off My Sassy, B*tch" S. says:

Peter M. got a few ROTDs after he was de-elited. Figure that one out mathletes
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03/26/2008 Amanda "San Francisco was founded by a goat" C. says:

This topic again?
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03/26/2008 RJ "I have reviewer's block" A. says:

Angela "Super Momma" N: I'll tell you when it happens. I expect both to happen in due time.
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03/26/2008 Angela "yelptastic rack" N. says:

also, if you extrapolate future ROTDs from the average reviews that elites have...... how many total ROTDs will they have in their lifetime?
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I would think that, like stocks, past performance is no indication of future returns.
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03/26/2008 RJ "I have reviewer's block" A. says:

Angela "Super Momma" N. says:

also, if you extrapolate future ROTDs from the average reviews that elites have...... how many total ROTDs will they have in their lifetime?
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Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! You lost me at extrapolate.
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This post was removed because the yelper who wrote it has closed their Yelp account and is no longer a registered yelper.

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03/26/2008 Danielle "Pretentious Squirrel" L. says:

I got ROTD and elite on the same day. So...dunno.
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03/26/2008 Mike "zzzzzzzzzzzzzz" Z. says:

Adrienne "It ain't easy bein' this skeezy" G. says:
But writing the "f" word in reviews won't help you either. My ROTDs have all been f-word free. Beyond that, who knows.
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Adrienne, you have a tough problem.  Your Fucks get you FUCed, but your non-Fucks get you ROTD.  What to do? What to do?
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03/26/2008 alissa d. says:

Sara "I Eat Placenta for Breakfast" F. says:

alissa got rotd before she got elite.
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yeah i was going to point this out but sara beat me to the punch. ill also add that i got rotd after getting elite.
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03/26/2008 matt "m i l l s" m. says:

While ROTDs are given out to everyone in the community, the "Elite" crowd will sometimes tend to write more in-depth, thought out & well-written reviews--which usually got them the "Elite" status in the first place.

My $.02
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03/26/2008 John "I'll out drink ya all, I'm Irish" B. says:

I got my only ROTD on my first review.  I am not elite. I don't think the great and powerful OZ wants me to be elite.
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03/26/2008 grace "( | )" m. says:

A J. says:

Tito Grace "trying to be (   /\   )  instead of being (  |  )" m. says:

not really.  most ROTDs are not elites.
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False...at least looking at SF ROTD.  Of the past 40 ROTDs, only 4 were from (currently) non-elites
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oops... I was looking at the Spring 2006 Yelp Almanac's statistics.
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03/26/2008 Chris "Toph" G. says:

Elite? No way, I noticed that ALL ROTD's are usually watered-down positive reviews with cutsey anecdotes. It has nothing to do with "Elite" status. Elites might write more proportionately watered-down cutesy anecdotes about a positive experience somewhere but I think it has to do with the content.
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03/26/2008 Jessica "Jessica" V. says:

I got ROTD the other day, and I called myself a nymphomaniac in it.  Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

I don't really know what I mean by that.
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03/26/2008 Chris "Toph" G. says:

And maybe amount of friends that the person has. This girl, Trang N. on my friend's list has 300 friends and only 16 reviews. She received two ROTD's so far. Both of her reviews were pretty crappy in my opinion.
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03/26/2008 Peter M. says:

Here is the truth - There are about 10-20 writers on this site that should ROTD everyday or on a rotating schedule the rest of you suck and that is truth.
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03/26/2008 Alan S. says:

The questions of Elite / ROTD are many and diverse. It is a enigma that has been pondered since the beginning of Yelp. There has been much debate and discussion in countless threads. Sometimes tempers have flared and harsh words have been spoken.

Earlier this year, a core group of Yelpers, both Elite and Non-Elite got togather to produce a video which clearly answers ALL of the questions surrounding this subject. - http://www.youtube.com...

Now you know.
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03/26/2008 Marcella N. says:

Obviously they choose entertaining, descriptive, humorous, etc reviews to ROTD-  I don't think Elite has a thing to do with it.  

Except with Adrienne, as soon as she got her Elite badge for '08 I began FUC'ing the shit out of her reviews.
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03/26/2008 Marcella N. says:

Also, Jeremy told me there is an ROTD gnome who lives in the office..  in a little hut-like enclosure.
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03/26/2008 Rachel "Pull the Trigger" G. says:

Hi Peter!!!!
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03/26/2008 Rachel "Pull the Trigger" G. says:

I love when you have constructive insightful advice for the new yelpers.
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03/26/2008 Skunky "have you located my informational paper materials?" G. says:

The honest truth, ROTD machine aside, is that when I got Elite in October 07, I started reviewing like a madwoman because suddenly I had more incentive to do so (they whisper all this stuff in your ear about "the little guys counting on you" etc)...

Now, it MAY also be a coincidence that I also happened to get a smartphone around the same time and ended up doing most of my reviewing during my hideous 3 hour Peninsula - San Francisco commute to and from work, therefore quadrupling my output of reviews, therefore making myself more noticeable on the site, therefore getting more UFCs, therefore increasing my odds of getting ROTD, so on and so forth.

Again, no one knows the formula, and it's probably better that way. While I'm sure some basis lies in number of UFCs, my Peninsula ROTD had like 6/9/6 when I got ROTD and I've seen some that have had 3/4/4 get it.

I'd have to say that sometimes you wonder WHY certain reviews get picked, WHY it *appears* as though the SAME people get ROTD again and again and again but questioning this really doesn't answer the "why" question and just leaves you bitter.

Besides, Yelp isn't about ROTDs.

It's about alcohol and buttsecks. Duh.
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03/26/2008 Gur " Krayzeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ee" E. says:

Simple formula dude.

Take a Yelp Sponsor (business that gives money to Yelp) and write a 5 STAR review on that Sponsor.
Do note that if that sponsor has had a ROTD, the likelyhood of that place getting another ROTD will be low.

Write a rave review with usefull tips to future patrons and you got yourself a ROTD.

Personally I think
You mention the word Kimchi = ROTD

With 4-5 regions in the Bay Area,  the number of restaurants/businesses that can be given a ROTD is 1825 but there is always duplicates.

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