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Re:A large network of fake Google Maps comments/reviews and ... by 2h on Saturday January 21, 2023 @07:59PM (#34472846)
> GBP

AKA Google Business Profile. FYI its common courtesy to use the full name with the first use, THEN abbreviate.

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Re:A large network of fake Google Maps comments/reviews and ... by xxx6969xxx on Saturday January 21, 2023 @08:42PM (#34473187)
(edit: deleted. sorry for engaging in this)
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Re:A large network of fake Google Maps comments/reviews and ... by 2h on Saturday January 21, 2023 @08:47PM (#34473226)
bad netiquette is rude. Forcing people to internet search a comment just to understand it is quite rude.

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Etiquette_in_technology

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Re:A large network of fake Google Maps comments/reviews and ... by xxx6969xxx on Saturday January 21, 2023 @08:51PM (#34473259)
(edit: deleted. sorry for engaging in this)
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Re:A large network of fake Google Maps comments/reviews and ... by 2h on Saturday January 21, 2023 @08:58PM (#34473320)
IF I think to insult them, I will make sure to take your comment into consideration. but since I HAVE NOT and do not intend to insult them, then it seems your point is moot.
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Re:A large network of fake Google Maps comments/reviews and ... by NoToP on Saturday January 21, 2023 @08:54PM (#34473289)
For Your Information (FYI) it's common...
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Re:A large network of fake Google Maps comments/reviews and ... by tomrod on Saturday January 21, 2023 @09:58PM (#34473759)
It's not common enough, apparently, because now you have more than one person reminding you about it.
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Re:A large network of fake Google Maps comments/reviews and ... by feet on Saturday January 21, 2023 @10:40PM (#34473995)
I wasn't sure what the acronym stood for until I came to this comment explaining it, so maybe not all that common
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Re:A large network of fake Google Maps comments/reviews and ... by wendyshu on Sunday January 22, 2023 @09:17AM (#34477606)
Not very common among the readers here and hard to look up
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Re:A large network of fake Google Maps comments/reviews and ... by squarefoot on Sunday January 22, 2023 @01:04AM (#34474819)
Thanks. Spent a while wondering what the British currency had to do with plumbing.
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