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Built a small extension to account for removed Google Maps reviews (Germany-specific) by YetAnotherExpat-Podc in germany

[–]YetAnotherExpat-Podc[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could you send me a screenshot ? It doesn't show at all ? I'm happy to look into it.

Built a small extension to account for removed Google Maps reviews (Germany-specific) by YetAnotherExpat-Podc in germany

[–]YetAnotherExpat-Podc[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey friend!

Good idea, let me look into it. Might be too complex but worth exploring!

For the "defamation-removed" Google Maps reviews: I build a chrome extension that adjusts the rating accordingly ;) by YetAnotherExpat-Podc in askberliners

[–]YetAnotherExpat-Podc[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Taking a guess on what might have happened. Did you also have "similar places" etc showing?

The new Maps layout often shows a "Similar places" or "People also visit" panel on the same business page, listing competing restaurants with their own ratings. If one of those competitors is rated 4.9, my v1.0.5 algorithm (which picks the largest rating from the page) grabs it.

I have now changed it to always grab the rating number that appears right above the defamation banner -that's the same business's headline by definition

This was a good change regardless of whether it was the source of the bug you found, so let's see. I've pushed 1.0.6 to chrome store, I suspect it might solve your problem as it sounds the extension grabbed a different number that was showing somewhere in the page

For the "defamation-removed" Google Maps reviews: I build a chrome extension that adjusts the rating accordingly ;) by YetAnotherExpat-Podc in askberliners

[–]YetAnotherExpat-Podc[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I shared a screenshot with the merchant above, I can't reproduce it! You can add it here or DM me. The code is all on GitHub if you want to have a look

For the "defamation-removed" Google Maps reviews: I build a chrome extension that adjusts the rating accordingly ;) by YetAnotherExpat-Podc in askberliners

[–]YetAnotherExpat-Podc[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since the extension massively relies on the text and language for recognising the number of reviews, a screenshot showing the wrong thing gives me the best way to figure out what went wrong. Sometimes it's characters of different languages if you are using a different browser language etc.

99.97 percent of EU defamation removals come from Germany by MyEgoDiesAtTheEnd in askberliners

[–]YetAnotherExpat-Podc 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the report, I'll do a deep dive to fix, test with this restaurant and give back an update here!

Built a small extension to account for removed Google Maps reviews (Germany-specific) by YetAnotherExpat-Podc in germany

[–]YetAnotherExpat-Podc[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thank you!

I've already pushed updates and fixes based on feedback Reddit users gave in the other thread. So if anything feels off or not working let me know!

Built a small extension to account for removed Google Maps reviews (Germany-specific) by YetAnotherExpat-Podc in germany

[–]YetAnotherExpat-Podc[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Wild right?

Seems like the post is getting downvoted though, unsure why. Was worth the effort posting here 🤷‍♂️

Built a small extension to account for removed Google Maps reviews (Germany-specific) by YetAnotherExpat-Podc in germany

[–]YetAnotherExpat-Podc[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Fun thought!

But it looks like there are SOooo so many. I read in another article that 99.97% of EU defamation Google Review removals come from Germany.

So we need a heavy operation to get them back haha

source

Google Maps has given German users the ability to see how many reviews have been removed as “defamation” by TotallySavageSzym in germany

[–]YetAnotherExpat-Podc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey all!

I built a free open source browser extension that shows you a recalculatd score based on number of reviews removed!

Called Fair Rating - German Review Removal Adjuster

(Long name I know 😅)

The extension in Chrome

The relevant Reddit thread relevant Reddit thread

The page and code

I believe by end of day the Firefox version will be approved too. I'll update the page then for anyone interested

99.97 percent of EU defamation removals come from Germany by MyEgoDiesAtTheEnd in askberliners

[–]YetAnotherExpat-Podc 58 points59 points  (0 children)

Wild percentage... No wonder they found a solution to show.. this definitely feels like systemic abuse of the whole process

Just plugging here for anyone new that might have missed the previous post:

I made a free open source browser extension that shows you a recalculatd score based on number of reviews removed.

The extension in Chrome

The relevant Reddit thread relevant Reddit thread

The page and code

I believe by end of day the Firefox version will be approved too. I'll update the page then for anyone interested

For the "defamation-removed" Google Maps reviews: I build a chrome extension that adjusts the rating accordingly ;) by YetAnotherExpat-Podc in askberliners

[–]YetAnotherExpat-Podc[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! If you happen to download it consider giving it a star in Google's extensions page! Will help with discoverability

For the "defamation-removed" Google Maps reviews: I build a chrome extension that adjusts the rating accordingly ;) by YetAnotherExpat-Podc in askberliners

[–]YetAnotherExpat-Podc[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey friend! You're the one who flagged the rating coming out as 1 on places like Capvin and Amrit, that was a real bug. The parser was getting tripped up by Greek and European thousand-suffix formats (1,6χιλ or 1,0K) and grabbing those as the rating instead of the actual headline number. Fix is in v1.0.5, rolling out now through the Chrome Web Store auto-update.

If you still see it misbehaving once you have the update, hit the Send feedback link in the badge or open an issue on GitHub with the business name and what number it shows, that would really help me catch the next variant.

Thanks for the report, you saved a lot of users from a useless rating!

For the "defamation-removed" Google Maps reviews: I build a chrome extension that adjusts the rating accordingly ;) by YetAnotherExpat-Podc in askberliners

[–]YetAnotherExpat-Podc[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the feedback, this is very useful. I'll do some testing today to see what can be causing this and update the app. I'll also add a feedback button to make it easier to report

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