Summary

McDonald’s locations in Altoona, Pennsylvania, and Altoona, Iowa, were flooded with false 1-star reviews after the arrest of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s suspected killer at an Altoona, PA, McDonald’s.

Users posted claims of rats, poor service, and references to the employee who reported the suspect.

Some reviews mocked the arrest, calling the location “Narc-donalds” and joking about the staff’s actions.

The surge in reviews appears to be a mix of humor and criticism tied to the high-profile arrest.

  • @[email protected]
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    20 hours ago

    You know, I looked it up and their rating is still over 3/5 stars. I wonder what that means.

    • @[email protected]
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      819 hours ago

      Companies have policies against brigading. They will either remove or will not count these reviews. Google already clarified this I think.

  • @[email protected]
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    292 days ago

    Someone needs to start a gofund me to finance a slew of advertising in New York espousing the virtues of jury nullification.

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    952 days ago

    I guess that McDonald’s is gonna see a sharp decline in customer volume now which is already probably low since it was like 8 bucks for a sausage, egg, and cheese McMuffin meal the last time I went a few months ago.

    • @[email protected]
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      1312 days ago

      You vastly overestimate how closely the average person is following this story, or is willing to change their behavior for events like this. Especially in a place like Altoona, Pennsylvania.

      • @[email protected]
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        201 day ago

        In the last couple months, McDonald’s has:

        • Allowed Trump to pretend to work there for a photo op that boosted his likeability with poor workers
        • Had an E. coli outbreak that was twice as big as the Chipotle outbreak that dominated news cycles a few years ago
        • Ratted out the modern day Robinhood

        The average consumer doesn’t give a fuuuuuuuuuuuccck.

      • Brumefey
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        120 hours ago

        Even in Europe everyone I know is following this story.

          • Laurel Raven
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            211 hours ago

            I’ll bet they’ll almost all boycott that McDonald’s location, I’ll bet that location doesn’t see a single one of those Europeans after this

      • @[email protected]
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        242 days ago

        I was wondering if the person who turned him in has been following the overwhelming sense of support for what he did.

        Basically, did they think about that before doing anything, or did they not give it a second thought because they didn’t realize there could be a backlash?

    • Cruxifux
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      342 days ago

      You also vastly underestimate how much burgerlanders love their McDonald’s.