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I don't even think the air conditioning was working
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One of Ryan George's videos explained one reason these reviews exist. Google used to have a pretty robust Local Guide designation for reviewers who were actively reviewing locations. They game-ified reviews and naturally some people wanted a high score. So, they would review things like parking lots and other places that are usually not 'review-able'.
I still get notifications that say "your reviews are popular! Over 1200 people have viewed them. Can you fill in details about [some place I stopped in the parking lot to check the map]?”
Subtle hint of how much data they're collecting.
Doesn't explain them leaving a nonsensical review like the inevitable march of time existing
They would have a review like "nice trees"
I believe they had word count and photo/video buffs to the score of each review. Not saying that's the case here, but the actual content of the review textbox didnt impact the final score in this Local Guides program.