New comment by thxhn in "I pulled data on 1378 restaurants from Google Maps to rank them in order"

thxhn — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 10:22:40 +0000

I’ve always relied heavily on Maps review but for me trust was broken few weeks ago. I went in a restaurant with thousands of reviews averaging 4.6. Food was good but not amazing, service was super kind and proactive but nothing special to deserve a 4.6 in Paris. We understood the trick at the end of the meal. Waiters kindly ask to scan a QR to make a review. You end up on a third-party landing page and if you select 4 or 5 stars you were redirected to Maps, otherwise they simply take your random-internet stars and buried them forever in this landing page. Clever.

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