Dan Pritchett, Principal Software Engineer at Google Maps, writes that reviews undergo rigorous scrutiny by Google's moderation systems before they're published. The systems also monitor content for...

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

  • whatever@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    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.caEnglish
    6·
    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