"I want to tell strangers about my experiences at places, but I do not want those strangers to know I have been to those places"
...huh? I think I am missing a subtlety here.
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#22There is an option to not list your reviews on your profile. If you enable it people can still see that you wrote each review, but cannot find all reviews you made (unless they look at the reviews of every place in the world). Good enough for you?
Could they google your name and find them?
Also, the main reason I'd like to hide my name in reviews is to hide my identity from the business owners. Retaliation happens and sometimes prospective customers deserve to know about your bad experience
Re: Tell HN: I'm not comfortable with Google Maps showing all my reviews to everyone
#23"I want to tell strangers about my experiences at places, but I do not want those strangers to know I have been to those places" ...huh? I think I am missing a subtlety here.
OP means they want to leave anonymous reviews. Imagine a scenario where you want to hide your identity from the business owner, a family member, etc. A local school teacher is disincentivized from warning future customers to a local sex store not to purchase the dildos from there because they're overpriced.
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#24Don't review things then.
I'd like to see what people have to say about local businesses that they wouldn't say with their irl identity, though. If you can't understand why someone wouldn't say certain things using their irl id, and how those things could be worthwhile info for you, then you are naive to the sins of this world
Re: Tell HN: I'm not comfortable with Google Maps showing all my reviews to everyone
#25The easy answer is to not post reviews.
Easy but not useful.
Re: Tell HN: I'm not comfortable with Google Maps showing all my reviews to everyone
#26The whole point of reviews is to inform others on your experience. If you’re uncomfortable with others knowing you’ve been somewhere, why are you giving reviews in the first place?
OP means they want to do so at least semi-anonymously
Re: Tell HN: I'm not comfortable with Google Maps showing all my reviews to everyone
#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
generally, you review when you have a really bad experience.
I disagree. I review when I have polarizing experiences (good OR bad), or when I want to show support for a business. I think tying a review to your google account is also good, because anonymity on the internet is generally used by people to say things they wouldn't say in the real world, often in harmful ways.
>I think tying a review to your google account is also good, because anonymity on the internet is generally used by people to say things they wouldn't say in the real world, often in harmful ways.
You're not wrong, but this is also the argument politicians use to strip you of your privacy on behalf of corporations