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Google Shuts Down Map Maker Following Hacks
Errorcod3 writes: Google has temporarily shut down Map Maker while it works on a way to stop people from inserting pranks into its maps. A statement from Google explains that the service isn't going away, just shutting down while a new moderation system is worked on. "Given the current state of the system, we have come to the conclusion that it is not fair to any of our users to let them continue to spend time editing. Every edit you make is essentially going to a backlog that is growing very fast," Google's Pavithra Kanakarajan wrote. "We believe that it is more fair to only say that if we do not have the capacity to review edits at roughly the rate they come in, we have to take a pause. We have hence decided to temporarily disable editing across all countries starting Tuesday, May 12, 2015, till we have our moderation system back in action."
I always suspected Australia wasn't real
Or, and I'm just spitballing here, people could be adults and not think they're being cool and edgy by putting a dick somewhere on a map. Personal responsibility and all that.
This is why we can't have nice things.
We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
Today I learned that samzenpus's understanding of "hacking" is on par with a school computer lab attendant who thinks that changing the desktop wallpaper is "hacking."
The problem is that assumes that the people entering bad data are outnumbered by folks willing to put in the effort to put in good data.
It's too bad people are so eager to play pranks on such a nice, non-evil corporation like Google.
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