Summary
Google Maps has blocked reviews for the Gulf of Mexico after backlash over renaming it “Gulf of America” for U.S. users, following a Trump executive order.
Critics accused Google of censorship after it removed negative reviews. Google defended the move, citing policies against off-topic content.
Mexico’s President Sheinbaum opposed the change and may take legal action. Apple Maps also adopted the new name.
The controversy adds to concerns over tech companies aligning with Trump, following Meta’s rollback of fact-checking and diversity initiatives.
How can I be the change I want to see when I don’t have the information I need in the first place?
I don’t mean that you need to enter info there that you don’t have. But - you found a new shop? Cool. Enter it in OSM. Or checking it’s correctly in OSM. Or append their opening hours to the data set or…
For some easy edits, there’s e.g. the android(?) app StreetComplete which will show „quests“ on OSM in your area to complete datasets. Like „is this street lit?“ „what surface does this road have?“, „are there board walks?“, „what’s this house number here?“, „what’s name of this street?“ and so on.
You can do such things on an afternoon stroll in your area and it will help you learn your surroundings and discover things.
I am far to busy to take afternoon strolls. If I am going out, it is for a specific reason. Otherwise I am job hunting or volunteering on human rights campaigns. This is just not something I can contribute to right now.
Also, the only map app that I have seen that gives me proper walking directions that actually pays attention to the many footpaths which can shave minutes off the walking is Apple Maps. I certainly do not have time to train some other map app on the most efficient walking route via experimentation when Google won’t even do it.
As much as you and I often bicker with you I am inclined to agree that it’s unreasonable for someone who needs a daily driver navigation app on their phone to be told “go mark all the spots so you can have it!”
However, they are right that for you to say you are “too busy” given how much time you spend around here is also ridiculous.
It takes me 30 seconds to look at a tab on my laptop when taking a break (something I haven’t actually done for hours now). It doesn’t take me 30 seconds to stroll around.
Maybe you don’t actually know what I do all day? Maybe you’re the world’s slowest typist and responding to someone on Lemmy takes you the length of a stroll?
You would be making a valid point if that 30 seconds you take wasn’t happening every other minute of every day.
Anyway back to bickering I guess.
Doesn’t this constant lying get exhausting to you? It would exhaust me.
Telling the truth is much easier.
Mmmmm tasty cherries you’ve plucked there. Here are some from me.
These are all one after the other mind you, no creative editing required
This was your lie:
So thank you for proving that you were lying with those screenshots which show me not doing that.
That’s what you were trying to prove, right?
Bro, you have 3600 posts and almost 30.000 comments in 1.5 years on this platform, I see you in almost any instance and in countless communities.
Please, take an afternoon stroll.
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And it takes me seconds to make them in between searching for the jobs I’ve only been searching for in the last three weeks.
But sure, count the entire 1.5 years.
Amazing how people just assume because you can take 30 seconds of time every so often to look at Lemmy, you have all the time in the world. What the fuck else am I supposed to do when I’m taking breaks, stick my finger in my ass?
If ‘every so often’ is 30s every 60s youd be right.
You don’t have to explain yourself, I was just poking fun at the discrepancy of “no time for a stroll” and a rather prolific online activity, because a stroll in my definition is also not super time consuming.
Sorry if I was overstepping or being insulting there, that wasn’t my intention. Just wanted to make some fun of it. I usually appreciate a lot of your input and posts.
Ok, sorry. A couple of other people are legitimately giving me shit for it as if I’m not allowed to take breaks, so I was already a bit flustered.
I feel you, I had that happen once or twice myself. Reading back I understand how you got there, I phrased it rather aggressively .
I’m in the us and it doesn’t even recognize street names on my city. Labeling buisnesses doesn’t matter.