| ▲ | l23k4 5 hours ago | |||||||
Wow, you guys really think this is good? Because of the same rules, German restaurants also get to pick and choose which reviews stay up. They can literally take down any specific reviews they like. A restaurant that mostly gets 1 star reviews will still show up with 5 stars on Google maps, as they will simply delete the reviews with less than 5 stars as defamatory. Here's a couple of examples: https://www.reddit.com/r/germany/comments/1peujau/google_rev... https://www.reddit.com/r/germany/comments/18z4shs/legal_thre... https://www.reddit.com/r/frankfurt/comments/1lox7ha/bad_revi... https://www.reddit.com/r/germany/comments/1iiaco8/restaurant... https://www.reddit.com/r/AskGermany/comments/1ha7sxf/why_do_... https://www.reddit.com/r/SipsTea/comments/1t613w7/it_was_fin... https://www.reddit.com/r/germany/comments/1l98608/threatenin... https://www.reddit.com/r/germany/comments/1sw34jc/can_you_ge... https://www.reddit.com/r/germany/comments/1sw34jc/can_you_ge... https://www.reddit.com/r/germany/comments/10kmn66/writing_an... tl;dr Germans are particularly bad at coming up with reasonable rules to handle these situations | ||||||||
| ▲ | sham1 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||
And the solution to this is to go through the German political system. The courts can't just decide to not follow the law just because it's a bit silly, and for as long as the laws are the way they are, this unfortunate loophole for removing negative reviews will continue to exist. But clearly the law can have both positive and negative consequences. | ||||||||
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| ▲ | Phelinofist 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||
But it also shows the number of removed reviews (in a range like 0-50, 50-100 and so forth). If you encounter a restaurant with 5 starts but a lot of removed reviews you know whats up. | ||||||||
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