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Google removes over 5M reviews from Play Store to improve TikTok rating

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Re: Google removes over 5M reviews from Play Store to improve TikTok rating

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Post by KukicAdnan »

MintelIE wrote: post #2

Were they real reviews, or Indian review-bombs generated as part of a nationalistic campaign to get back at China? Review sections were weaponized long ago, first by companies, and now, increasingly, by nations.

Indian review-bombs.

Re: Google removes over 5M reviews from Play Store to improve TikTok rating

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Post by katktv »

MintelIE wrote: post #2

Were they real reviews, or Indian review-bombs generated as part of a nationalistic campaign to get back at China? Review sections were weaponized long ago, first by companies, and now, increasingly, by nations.

Indian review-bombs, but for the other reasons entirely. The dumb ones as well.

Re: Google removes over 5M reviews from Play Store to improve TikTok rating

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Post by Barrin92 »

>"Another reason was the enraged fans of famous Indian YouTuber Carry Minati flooding PlayStore with 1-star reviews.

Carry Minati had created a video titled YouTube Vs TikTok, part of an ongoing feud between YouTube and TikTok users. His video went viral and was taken down for violating YouTube’s terms of service. This happended because many TikTok users reported the video saying it was bullying in nature."

Seems reasonable enough to remove those because this is just brigarding and has nothing to do with authentic users of the app.

Re: Google removes over 5M reviews from Play Store to improve TikTok rating

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Post by chipperyman573 »

This really hits on a lot of nerves of the general HN crowd (especially when these things are combined):

- Google

- "Censorship" (loosely defined)

- China (vs India vs a US company, which could really be its own point)

But if you read the article it seems to be a logical decision. Google (likely) did something similar for zoom: https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/03/24/zooms-android-app-r...

Assuming there's nothing left out by the author, I don't really think there's anything newsworthy here, just something that google did that aligns with its past actions (not to say it doesn't belong on HN)

Re: Google removes over 5M reviews from Play Store to improve TikTok rating

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Post by frequentnapper »

Barrin92 wrote: post #5

> "Another reason was the enraged fans of famous Indian YouTuber Carry Minati flooding PlayStore with 1-star reviews. Carry Minati had created a video titled YouTube Vs TikTok, part of an ongoing feud between YouTube and TikTok users. His video went viral and was taken down for violating YouTube’s terms of service. This happended because many TikTok users reported the video saying it was bullying in nature." Seems re…

I happened to watch the video, which was a response to a Tiktok user badmouthing Youtube creators. I didn't really see any bullying, just funny retorts. I guess when it comes to Youtube, they just censor anything as long as enough people complain.

Re: Google removes over 5M reviews from Play Store to improve TikTok rating

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Post by plerpin »

chipperyman573 wrote: post #7

This really hits on a lot of nerves of the general HN crowd (especially when these things are combined): - Google - "Censorship" (loosely defined) - China (vs India vs a US company, which could really be its own point) But if you read the article it seems to be a logical decision. Google (likely) did something similar for zoom: https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/03/24/zooms-android-app-r... Assuming there's nothing l…

I swear you could generate a 100% realistic comment thread from a Markov chain of those broad topics.

Re: Google removes over 5M reviews from Play Store to improve TikTok rating

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Post by dkdk8283 »

cscurmudgeon wrote: post #6

People are discussing this as a China vs India thing. It is not. People recently found that TikTok is extremely lax in dealing with content that promotes violence. https://www.newsweek.com/india-tik-tok-faizal-siddiqui-acid-...

Or Youtube takes an extreme viewpoint banning anything remotely close to content with weapons.
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