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Somewhat related. I have seen some new items posted in Sfrc, and Wolverine sub forums. The sort of threads that usually see 50-100, take my money replies. Business, innocuous question, business.......they are getting ratio'ed so bad, deleting 99% of comments, their new product announcement is neutered.

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Exactly. Those reviews are intended to apply to the quality of the activities of the business itself, not someone's views of non-business elements.

It's like the restaurant Chick-fil-A - they've been very vocal about their opposition to ### rights. You might support them in that, or you might oppose them for that. Either is fine, but neither has a place in their google reviews, which are the place for one thing only: ratings on the quality of their chicken sandwich and their service of them.
And that applies across the board. Ratings of a coffee shop should be about whether or not the coffee is good - not whether or not you personally agree with the owner's political stances.
Ratings of a cake shop should be about whether or not the cakes are good, not about whether or not the baker supports ### marriage.
Ratings of a sandwich shop should be about whether the sandwiches are good - they should not be about how the owner promotes veganism and you think that's stupid.

That's how reviews are supposed to work.

Dogpiling on to artificially lower their rating because of your opposition to non-business activities? Frankly that's just childish behaviour.

This! Even though the owners motivations may be dubious, this should have no bearing on the business he runs. Just don’t shop there.