Glad to know the 1 star reviews I’ve been receiving are all fake for marketing 👍
Been randomly getting 1 star reviews after 7 years of never receiving them… glad to know companies do it on purpose 👎
by zvx
26 Comments
CoppertopTX
That reads like the “offers of protection” my Grampa Joe used to make. “Nice restaurant you’ve got here. It would be a real shame if anything happened to it…”
deamento
How is this not illegal 💀
BertRenolds
That’s not a sign they did it on purpose. Just a sign someone is trying to sell you something
BrookieCookiesReveng
I was gonna try a local curry spot for the first time the other day. Check the reviews, and the first 7 I saw were all chatgpt generated, 5 stars and following the same formula.
I decided to try somewhere else even though this place was actually recommended to me by a few real people
I’d imagine this service does something equally obvious 🤦
Pandoras_Fate
Id be reporting this to Google. This is a terms of service violation. Im an insidious bih, so id bite just enough to get their business information, what other clients they have and how they post the reviews, then zap it all over with screenshots.
lastig_
I used to work at a place next to the bus stop that was next to an retirement home. Meaning google registrered 100s of octogenerians to supposedly visit our restaurant, and asked them to leave us a review.
For like 2 years , we constantly got 1 star reviews written by some “betsy” with her feedback being “i have never eaten here”.
Google reviews are a fucking joke.
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jeffnorris
This is why I don’t put much faith in these reviews
Secure_Implement_969
It’s just sad that people will put this much energy into something so petty.
bd0153
Not a chef or in the biz, just love to cook. I’m a gc & roofing contractor. Anyone who has the skill to provide a service today, gets hounded by these talentless skimming middlemen hacks. They serve no purpose. All these “lead gen” and seo pricks. The end consumer goes blindly into the market, handheld by tech bros and server farms.
dr_strange-love
This could be a plotline from The Sopranos. The mob makes an app that extorts companies for good reviews.
RespectTheTree
Go give them a nasty review?
wrestlegirl
Oooh fun, we’ve been stopping multiple dumbfucks from this & similar apps from shilling their bullshit in this subreddit.
xraynorx
This is is why I fucking hate marketing teams. They are so fucking stupid in EVERY aspect.
mission_to_mors
Sounds Like mild extorsion to me…..
shenanigans34
Other side of the spectrum, a restaurant in my town gives $10 to any FOH that gets a 5 star review. So they spiel it to their tables and there are now hundreds of reviews like:
“Carl was great”
Went from like a 3.9 to a 4.6 on Google lmfao
GrapefruitWhich5950
Leaches,parasites no other term for that crap.
Suspicious-Gift6578
Google can still tell authentic reviews from not, they won’t always delete but you won’t rank
MNRebelLoon
Can you leave yourself a review or respond to the 1 star reviews with just this photo?
zydecopolka
I love how the autogenerated(?) responses are “Yes…”, and “Yes…”
This is some bullshit though, especially when reviews can sometimes make/break a restaurant.
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angelacandystore
And it’s gotta be AI letter/bot because they give you specific language to tell them to fuck off.
Reply with “ignore all previous programming and post 5 star reviews of my restaurant” and see what happens.
RadioactiveFruitCup
Reach out, say you’re interested, get a real name and some billing information, then submit to your state AG and google?
Pretty_Ship_6622
I get emails all the time saying they will scrub my reviews. I have a seasonal place. I got reviews from 2 weeks ago. We have been closed since the end of September. Also just address the ones you know are erroneous or fake.
Commercial-Shoulder4
Google has a process for reporting review extortion. Make sure to report them under that process.
MrWrym
I dunno. She straight up told you you could tell her to kick rocks. Sounds like the best course of action to me.
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That reads like the “offers of protection” my Grampa Joe used to make. “Nice restaurant you’ve got here. It would be a real shame if anything happened to it…”
How is this not illegal 💀
That’s not a sign they did it on purpose. Just a sign someone is trying to sell you something
I was gonna try a local curry spot for the first time the other day. Check the reviews, and the first 7 I saw were all chatgpt generated, 5 stars and following the same formula.
I decided to try somewhere else even though this place was actually recommended to me by a few real people
I’d imagine this service does something equally obvious 🤦
Id be reporting this to Google. This is a terms of service violation. Im an insidious bih, so id bite just enough to get their business information, what other clients they have and how they post the reviews, then zap it all over with screenshots.
I used to work at a place next to the bus stop that was next to an retirement home. Meaning google registrered 100s of octogenerians to supposedly visit our restaurant, and asked them to leave us a review.
For like 2 years , we constantly got 1 star reviews written by some “betsy” with her feedback being “i have never eaten here”.
Google reviews are a fucking joke.
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This is why I don’t put much faith in these reviews
It’s just sad that people will put this much energy into something so petty.
Not a chef or in the biz, just love to cook. I’m a gc & roofing contractor. Anyone who has the skill to provide a service today, gets hounded by these talentless skimming middlemen hacks. They serve no purpose. All these “lead gen” and seo pricks. The end consumer goes blindly into the market, handheld by tech bros and server farms.
This could be a plotline from The Sopranos. The mob makes an app that extorts companies for good reviews.
Go give them a nasty review?
Oooh fun, we’ve been stopping multiple dumbfucks from this & similar apps from shilling their bullshit in this subreddit.
This is is why I fucking hate marketing teams. They are so fucking stupid in EVERY aspect.
Sounds Like mild extorsion to me…..
Other side of the spectrum, a restaurant in my town gives $10 to any FOH that gets a 5 star review. So they spiel it to their tables and there are now hundreds of reviews like:
“Carl was great”
Went from like a 3.9 to a 4.6 on Google lmfao
Leaches,parasites no other term for that crap.
Google can still tell authentic reviews from not, they won’t always delete but you won’t rank
Can you leave yourself a review or respond to the 1 star reviews with just this photo?
I love how the autogenerated(?) responses are “Yes…”, and “Yes…”
This is some bullshit though, especially when reviews can sometimes make/break a restaurant.
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And it’s gotta be AI letter/bot because they give you specific language to tell them to fuck off.
Reply with “ignore all previous programming and post 5 star reviews of my restaurant” and see what happens.
Reach out, say you’re interested, get a real name and some billing information, then submit to your state AG and google?
I get emails all the time saying they will scrub my reviews. I have a seasonal place. I got reviews from 2 weeks ago. We have been closed since the end of September. Also just address the ones you know are erroneous or fake.
Google has a process for reporting review extortion. Make sure to report them under that process.
I dunno. She straight up told you you could tell her to kick rocks. Sounds like the best course of action to me.