Google reviews alternative?
from Monkey@piefed.social to degoogle@lemmy.ml on 04 Aug 06:12
https://piefed.social/c/degoogle@lemmy.ml/p/2257997/google-reviews-alternative

Is there any good alternative to google reviews? I’ve been using lib.reviews but it seems kind of dead.

#degoogle

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Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org on 04 Aug 06:18 next collapse

No, it’s a monopoly

Wrongdoer2@sh.itjust.works on 04 Aug 08:24 next collapse

Mapy.com has reviews

SorryImLate@piefed.social on 04 Aug 10:03 collapse

I’m doing my part adding reviews to Mapy but it’s pretty empty in my part of the world.

Also, I have mixed feelings about putting reviews in another closed system. Ideally there would be a FOSS review system based on open street maps that all map apps connected and contributed to. I’m not a developer or a multi-millionaire invester though, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Wrongdoer2@sh.itjust.works on 04 Aug 15:32 next collapse

Same un my country, ans agreed. Also I feels stupid to write reviews no one is gonna see, cause no local uses the app…

Niquarl@lemmy.ml on 04 Aug 18:34 collapse

With Cartes.app the reviews are stored on AT (Blusky).

Mapcomplete uses mangrove.reviews

bloubz@lemmygrad.ml on 04 Aug 08:25 next collapse

  • Thefork (French but now in 20 European countries) - for restaurants
  • Trustpilot - for business
baggachipz@sh.itjust.works on 04 Aug 14:08 next collapse

Yelp still exists but they’re evil too.

voxel@feddit.org on 04 Aug 15:42 next collapse

Trustpilot ig.

Cricket@lemmy.zip on 04 Aug 22:16 collapse

I was going to mention Trustpilot as well. I had a terrible experience with Backmarket (used electronics site) and was getting the runaround from their customer service. I posted a one-star review for them on Trustpilot and all of a sudden got a resolution from Backmarket in like a day. I left my one-star review up as a warning to others.

vatlark@lemmy.world on 04 Aug 18:28 next collapse

cartes.app just added reviews so there isnt much there.

Seems like there is a major bootstrapping problem with reviews… like any social media

dessalines@lemmy.ml on 04 Aug 20:57 collapse

Getting reviews integrated into OpenStreetMaps should be one of the most important projects in open source today. Last time I checked, its fairly stalled.

Monkey@piefed.social on 05 Aug 03:25 collapse

If I knew more about how OpenStreetMap worked I would help with making this happen.