Google Maps now displaying the number of deleted reviews due to defamation
It seems that Google finally came to realize that Google Maps reviews are constantly becoming more useless. As people on Mastodon point out, Google now displays the amount of deleted reviews due to defamation directly under the overall score of an POI.
This is great! And will be a grim wake up call for some businesses. After all, the takedown of non-5-star reviews has become a whole industry of its own.
Sadly, I can't check some businesses on my own yet, as the feature seems to be rolled out in waves and I don't see this information yet. However, in this Mastodon thread there are some screenshots.