Subscriptions in Yandex Maps
In Yandex Maps, you can subscribe to reviews from other people: your friends, experts, or anyone else whose opinion is important to you. Their recommendations can help you decide whether you want to visit a new place.
If you're subscribed to a user, you'll see their reviews at the top of the organization card.
Subscribe to a user's reviews
You can subscribe to a user's reviews in Yandex Maps and Yandex Navigator or in Yandex Search.
Recommendation feed
On your profile's Feed tab, you can see users that Yandex recommends you to subscribe to.
Your recommendations include:
- Users who visit the same places as you.
- Your family members from Yandex Plus.
- People from your contact list, if you've granted the app access to your contacts.
- Reviewers from your city who have a large following or actively leave reviews.
Currently, the service doesn't offer a way to disable the recommendation feed.
To appear in other users' recommendation feeds, write reviews of places and organizations and make sure that your profile is public.
Reviews feed
On your profile's Feed tab, you can see reviews from users you follow.
To see the review feed, tap (profile picture) → Feed.
To learn more about a reviewed organization, tap its name to open the organization card.
In the feed, you can also see the recommendations from new users whose reviews you may find interesting. The profile of each user indicates the main theme of their reviews. For example: “many reviews about steaks” or “expert in coffee shops”.
If the app has access to your contacts, the profiles of your friends and other people you know will appear in your feed.
Currently, the service doesn't offer a way to disable the recommendation feed.
Liked by people with similar interests
This section appears in the organization card if someone you follow has rated the place.
For users who aren't subscribed to anyone, the label reads: "Liked by people with similar interests".
You'll see this section if the location has been visited by users with similar interests or your family members from Yandex Plus.
Currently, the service doesn't offer a way to disable this section.
Rate a review
You can rate other users' reviews by tapping these icons:
— Likes
— Dislikes
They form the user's rating. Users with a high rating are more likely to appear in the feed recommendations.
Unsubscribe from a user's reviews
You can unsubscribe from a user's reviews in Yandex Maps and Yandex Navigator or in Yandex Search.
Set up your profile
Users can see the reviews and photos you've uploaded. They can also follow your profile and get notifications about new reviews from you.
To go to your profile, tap (profile picture).
To share the profile with other users, in the upper-left corner tap and select the service or messenger to share the link in.
You can manage profile settings:
Your profile has a public address that's displayed in all Yandex services. To view or edit the public address in the profile:
- Tap your name or profile picture to bring up the settings window.
- Tap the field with the public address and make changes, if necessary.
- Tap Done.
By default, people who have your phone number can use it to find your profile. To disable this feature:
- In the profile, tap your name or profile picture to bring up the settings window.
- Check the Disable search by phone number option.
If your profile is hidden, your reviews will be viewable only in the organization card.
If a user you follow hides their profile, they'll remain in your subscription list. However, their reviews will be viewable only in the organization card.
To hide your profile:
- In the profile, tap your name or profile picture to bring up the settings window.
- Enable Hidden profile.