Wait isn't it wild how much easier it makes things once you figure it out? I got my mom's old Zojirushi last year and now my sourdough comes out way better than anything I ever did by hand, plus I don't have to babysit it all day. Totally changed my mind about them being cheating.

Man yeah I used to think people were just being dramatic when they complained about G2 being rigged. Figured it was sour grapes from companies with bad products. But then I actually tried to get a real review removed from there and hit a brick wall while competitors with shady profiles kept climbing. Changed my mind real fast when I saw a startup with like 20 employees rack up 200 reviews in a month with zero evidence anyone actually uses their software. The whole thing is a joke now. I honestly think G2 is gonna get hit with a class action eventually once someone proves they knew about the fakes. Until then it's just the wild west.

Yeah that's a solid point @nina180 I wish I'd started mapping mine earlier too.

I read a piece on TechCrunch a few weeks back that said G2 is aware of this but basically does nothing because it makes them look good to investors when the numbers are high. The guy at that conference sounds like a clown for bragging about it though. $500 per review is cheap, I've heard of companies paying double that for verified purchase reviews on Amazon-level sites. The whole thing reminds me of Yelp back in 2010 before they started cracking down. Eventually someone will get caught and it'll be a mess.

Did they say why the original cartographer put it there in the first place, or was it just a straight up mistake that got copied over and over?