Over 170 million fake reviews were removed from Maps and Search thanks to Google's new algorithm::undefined
Over 170 million fake reviews were removed from Maps and Search thanks to Google's new algorithm
https://www.techspot.com/news/101878-over-170-million-fake-reviews-removed-google-2023.html
7 Comments
andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun · 18 pts · 2y
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 pts · 2y
Nooo, data protection yada-yada..
business partners' trust yada-yada..
ambiguity of responsability yada-yada..
No.
andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun · 3 pts · 2y
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.
J12@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 2y
FatAdama@programming.dev · 1 pts · 2y
They certainly know how to find them, am I right (nudges J12)?
bonnetbee@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
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 pts · 2y
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 pts · 2y
Do Amazon next!