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Google Maps Reviews in Germany are utterly pointless (europe.pub)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/degoogle@discuss.tchncs.de
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🗺️ While visiting Pride Berlin, I learned how utterly pointless Google Maps Reviews in Germany are.

⭐ Any place can simply report negative reviews for defamation or claim the person was never there and have it removed.

Users can then appeal & risk a lawsuit.

When a review is removed the removed count on Google Maps goes up (🖼️ 1)

However that count is reset after 365 days and also only goes to 250! (🖼️ 2)

Therefore companies can simply mass report negative reviews to improve their rating.

https://support.google.com/contributionpolicy/answer/16997273

So many vulnerable people are relying on Google Maps reviews & ratings to tell them where it is save to go.

Some places have only 1000-2000 reviews but >250 reviews removed in the past 365 days!

Like how bad must the situation there be?!

Absolute shame

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[–] 1 point 1 month ago*

Yes it telling, but don't matter. I have many bad reviews removed from bad places, that now stands with high rating that the good places that have 0 review complaint. I can not give more 5 scores on good places, I can not give less that 5 scores to bad places. It is impossible to a good place has better score without playing the same game, that some places, are too good to enter in this shit

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