On Tuesday, Yelp debuted a new category for its crowd-sourced reviews: the government. While users have long been able to leave comments about their encounters with bureaucracy, now federal agencies will be able to claim their pages and respond to reviews, so in theory, "you can actually make an impact by sharing your feedback directly with the source."
How much agencies will pay attention to this input remains to be seen, but GOP candidate Carly Fiorina has already given the TSA a one-star review:
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