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Anon socks it to Google (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 9 months ago by Gullible to c/greentext

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>work at small local restaurant as a waiter
>get fired because the manager is a bitch and was upset at me not selling bough desserts
>make a few fake google accounts posing as old people and over the course of a week i leave 3 star reviews saying shit like "what happened to the nice waiter?"
>convince a few friends to do the same
>review bomb the resturant and it goes from 4.5 stars to 3.5 in no time
>mfw at the end of the month i get called by the manager saying she wants me back
>over the next month i slowly change all the reviews from 3 stars to 5
>get a raise
>mfw

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

When managers chase arbitrary targets, they make arbitrary decisions, which can be easily manipulated.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Metrics become meaningless as soon as they become targets

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

I believe Economists call it Goodhart’s law. “When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure”.