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Over 170 million fake reviews were removed from Maps and Search thanks to Google's new algorithm::undefined

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[–] andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Okay cool. Now publish that stat on the businesses so I can see which ones are cool with lying to potential customers and avoid them.

[–] Hule@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nooo, data protection yada-yada..

business partners' trust yada-yada..

ambiguity of responsability yada-yada..

No.

[–] andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun 3 points 1 year ago

Seems like an easy response. Fake reviews are fraud and against the TOC. But then again you could fake reviews for a competitor and tank their rating.

Goodhart's law is a pain.

[–] bonnetbee@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I opened a google account and wrote two genuine reviews. Both were rejected automatically. I pressed a button to let them check again, they were again rejected.

I deleted my account again and remembered why I deleted my first account a few years ago. Google sucks, they can't controll their own algorythms, they are a faceless mega corp that harvests data like crazy. Everyones life would be better, if google vanished from the face of earth right now.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

lol .... it's very easy to identify the fake reviews when you were the one that allowed them in the first place

[–] GilgameshCatBeard@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

Do Amazon next!