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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

This one has a review posted 12h ago with 800 upvotes mentioning a rat problem in the kitchen:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/feD3kJKApzpBCfA39

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

and gone newest review was from 2 weeks ago

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Good catch. Given that that it's currently still available ^[1]^, I would guess that it's likely not the case that Google is purging reviews. Imo, one review is hardly review bombing, but at least that's proof of one claim made by a news outlet ^[2]^ (It's terrible, imo, that we have to be the ones fact checking claims being made by news organizations. Doesn't that make us the journalists?).

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  1. Author: Casper van Dujin [To: "McDonald's" (1500 9th Avenue Station Mall, Altoona, Pennsylvania 16602, United States of America). Google Maps. https://www.google.com/maps/place/McDonald's/@40.5115673,-78.4017286,1189m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x89cb923d0c3d4ce5:0x1befd9ef70a8fcf4!8m2!3d40.5115673!4d-78.4017286!16s%2Fg%2F1260fmzqb.]. Reviews. Google. Published: ~2024-12-09T18:00Z. Accessed: 2024-12-10T07:22Z. https://www.google.com/maps/reviews/@40.5115673,-78.4017286,1189m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!14m5!1m4!2m3!1sChdDSUhNMG9nS0VJQ0FnSUN2OHJpQXFRRRAB!2m1!1s0x0:0x1befd9ef70a8fcf4.

  2. "Altoona McDonald's review-bombed after CEO shooting police tip". Author: "Jason Lalljee". Axios. Published: ~2024-12-10T05:00. Accessed: 2024-12-10T07:27Z. https://www.axios.com/2024/12/09/altoona-mcdonalds-luigi-mangione-unitedhealthcare.
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      Users left reviews for at least three McDonald's locations in or around Altoona, Pennsylvania, with dozens of people leaving one star ratings and complaining about "rats." Others more explicitly called out "snitches."