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Re:Google gave our business listing to a competitor by MattGaiser on Sunday May 31, 2020 @03:06AM (#23367802)
Eh, reviews are so full of fakes and mindless angry people that they are unreliable anyway. I don't see this as being the straw that breaks things.
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Re:Google gave our business listing to a competitor by PunksATawnyFill on Sunday May 31, 2020 @03:11AM (#23367825)
You’re not the business owner who just had his reputation stolen.
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Re:Google gave our business listing to a competitor by MattGaiser on Sunday May 31, 2020 @03:15AM (#23367841)
And it will be users, not business owners, who decide whether that matters. So far users have accepted everything from Yelp's bullying to DoorDash's grabbing of online real estate, to Amazon's army of fake reviews.
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