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Theoretically, if Canadians gave real-looking one star ratings on Google Maps for Tesla dealerships and chargers, then it would discourage buying Teslas. People who already own Teslas would choose public chargers from other brands - even Canadian ones. It would also be hilarious to see every place selling swastikars with reviews lower than a doge employee's IQ.

Skim existing low reviews, find a common thread, and run with it.

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

I think we should donate "I bought this car before I knew Elon was a Nazi" bumper stickers to Teslas. Make them possible to remove without too much trouble. But before we put them on, we can put on a really hard to remove "I bought this car because I'm a Nazi" sticker underneath.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Chaotic good

[–] m4xie 2 points 23 hours ago

The Tesla plug standard has been released for use by other manufacturers. Even before they did that, many EV drivers used plug adapters. Drivers need to know if chargers are in work order and safe.

Tesla drivers used a Tesla app to plan around chargers. I think review-bombing Tesla chargers on Google maps will disproportionally affect other EV drivers.

[–] Reannlegge 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I applaud your idea, however the boycott being done by us will have a higher effect. Those who want a Tesla (because they are dumb) are dumb and will not know why a swastikar is a bad idea, they will continue on their way curious as to why their swastikar is getting vandalized.

The worker bees working at the dealership are either dumb dumbs or are looking for another job because they are not dumb dumbs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This literally takes 15 seconds.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

so does cutting off a charger head

[–] Darkassassin07 7 points 1 day ago

Google has a pretty big history of mass-removing unfavourable reviews as 'fake'. Especially if the involved accounts review a bunch of the same types of places; or places they're obviously not at (someone currently in Vancouver leaving reviews for places in Toronto for example).

Plus very few people actually look at a stores reviews and those that do aren't the type to buy Tesla.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I think Tesla is pretty low hanging fruit.

Musk pretty obviously doesn’t care about Tesla. It’s done what it needed to for him. It got him the VP or president position now, depending on who you believe and he owns two big space companies.

A moderate sized EV car company really doesn’t matter to him now.