When should I report something from the Ask the Community section of a business page?

The Ask the Community feature on Yelp is another way for us to provide the community with information about local businesses, and we want this information to be useful and appropriate. We'll remove a question or answer if we believe it violates our Content Guidelines, so if you think a question or answer is in violation, help us out and report it. However, keep in mind that reporting something doesn't guarantee it will be removed.

Business Owners: please follow these instructions to report Ask the Community content.

There are three main reasons why we might remove a question or answer

1. The question or answer isn’t helpful or clear

The Ask the Community feature should contain useful information about local businesses that is easy to understand and will be helpful for the broader community. Questions and answers that are vague, off-topic, promotional or inappropriate may be removed by our moderators. so keep this in mind with your contributions.

2. The question or answer isn't specific to the business it was posted on

Broad questions and generic answers aren't intended for the Ask the Community section – contributions should be specific to the business page they're posted on.

3. The question or answer is inappropriate, inflammatory or reveals private information

Content that is generally not appropriate for a broader audience is not permitted. This includes but is not limited to: hate speech, doxxing, and/or sexually explicit content.