Receiving reports this morning that "dislike" votes submitted to local restaurant review site The Urban Spoon have been removed.

After learning about the alleged deceptive branding practice of local donutter Peace Love and Little Donuts, members of the LGBT community went to Urban Spoon to share their opinions. The approval rating sank from 70% to nearly 40% in 12 hours.

This morning the site shows a 70% approval rating and the total vote count is more than 30 votes lower than Thursday evening. The Urban Spoon had earlier been removing negative comments posted by voters.

The Urban Spoon has issued no further comment on the issue of marketing/branding as a legitimate criteria for reviews, nor on the alleged targeting of LGBT voters.

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Sue Kerr
Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents
www.pghlesbian.com

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Yep, we'll be covering the twists and turns in the whole wingnut/donut story this weekend, from the blog posts to the response of the Urban Spoon website.  Tune in to hear our take on the importance of company branding when it comes to gay dollars.  The topic of "buying gay" will be a theme we continue to explore as we head into the holiday shopping season.

If any gay owned or gay friendly donutters want to provide some show refreshments, we are recording TWO episodes this weekend. I like chocolate glazed.  LOL.

Our guest this week is Frank "Dok" Harris who welll you know!  He's running for Mayor.  We'll talk about his exciting plans for the City, what he's learned on the campaign and, of course, test his Lesbian IQ. 

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