Google maps is doing the same thing to local business success that social media algorithms are doing to political success. The algorithm controls what you perceive as the consensus of others. It is a dangerous world to have such power so highly concentrated.

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tkel 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

Perhaps such things should be controlled democratically instead of by a single person or a small group of people whose companies are organized as dictatorships.

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Ferret7446 3 days ago | parent [-]

It is controlled democratically. The people have democratically ceded their knowledge gathering to large companies. Because people are above all else lazy

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tkel 3 days ago | parent [-]

That's not what democracy is. The algorithm is developed in an organization that is structured as a dictatorship.

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Ferret7446 2 days ago | parent [-]

And each user decided of their own volition to use the service under the pretense of delegating to such an algorithm.

	▲	komali2 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		"Decide" is a heavily weighted word here. From what did they decide? Was the field from which they were deciding, perhaps monopolized, or ologipopalized? Was there information skewed by the entities hoping to be chosen? Do said entities have stunning amounts of capital and power that let them prevent competition?

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websiteapi 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

How exactly would you fix this? Seems no different than any arbitrary person or groups ranking.

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cons0le 3 days ago | parent [-]

First off, let me see ALL the restaurants in my city, not just the 10 recommended ones.

Second, stop moving the map when I search for things. Why does google maps on both mobile and desktop, change your search area. I put the map in one place because I want to search there.

Third, stop scrubbing bad reviews. When every restaurant is 5 stars, theres no point

	▲	michaelt 2 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> Second, stop moving the map when I search for things. When I search for 'chicago' I like having the map move to Chicago, even if there's a Chicago Grill, Chicago Pizza and Chicago Trading Company closer.
	▲	stavros 2 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		> stop moving the map when I search for things Are you saying that if I want to find, for example, where Athens, Georgia is, I need to basically find it manually in the world map?