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

  • andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun
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    9 months ago

    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.

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      9 months ago

      Nooo, data protection yada-yada…

      business partners’ trust yada-yada…

      ambiguity of responsability yada-yada…

      No.

      • andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun
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        9 months 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.

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    9 months 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
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    9 months ago

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