731
Git gud
(media.piefed.world)
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 27 Jan 2026
731 points (99.5% liked)
People Twitter
9232 readers
1746 users here now
People tweeting stuff. We allow tweets from anyone.
RULES:
- Mark NSFW content.
- No doxxing people.
- Must be a pic of the tweet or similar. No direct links to the tweet.
- No bullying or international politcs
- Be excellent to each other.
- Provide an archived link to the tweet (or similar) being shown if it's a major figure or a politician. Archive.is the best way.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
I especially love it when people ask me directions to some random place, while they have Google maps open on their phone.. Like, why? How hard is it to follow 'go left, go right'.??
Sometimes the calibration is off and you're unsure which direction you're supposed to go but this happened to me.
A french lady with some company came up to me and asked for directions to a cinema, so I pointed out the way which was straight ahead for two blocks and then one left, exactly the same route the Google maps she showed me had. And in the correct direction she was facing.
Like.. just follow it man
In my experience Google maps is frequently wrong about the last 20 meters or so.
So you're wandering around the block looking for the entrance
When the calibration is off, either calibrate it. It takes 2 seconds. Or just walk 5m and see where it goes. Or just read the map as, you know, a map.
Right? Although plenty of people don't know how to recalibrate their phone
Google isn't always right though.
It's always something that Google is right about. Maybe not to the exact meter. Most of the time I help them by whipping out Google maps myself
No, no it isn't always right about maps. It might be because we're in Seattle or AI has been taking over more than it should, but it's been wrong a lot lately.
It was in my anecdotal experience, which is what I meant. But yes Google maps really has taken a nose dive lately.