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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

I populate Google Maps. Fill in business names, opening hours, take photos etc. At the start, I was vociferous about it, putting thousands of photos on there. These days, just about everything is there and I only correct stuff and add/remove businesses as they come and go. Oh, and food/menu photos.

Some of my photos have tens of millions of views. Which means people have to see them many times I think. Otherwise every single Australian would have seen the most popular ones, which doesn't make sense.

I'm used to Google just trusting me and immediately doing what I say. But I really had to convince them that Toys R Us really were closing down. That one took three attempts. The more prominent a place, the higher the rank you need to do major edits to it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago

Please, discover OpenStreetMap.org and stop being an unpaid Google employee, and make your work truly public and free.

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