For many of us, our secondary school holds a permanent place in our hearts, given the fond memories we forged in campus together with our childhood friends.
That said, one supposed alumnus or staff from a school in Sengkang seems to be showing off their pride in a different way.
Recently, netizens discovered that the Google Maps admin for North Vista Secondary School has taken to replying bad reviews of the school with sassy remarks.
Source: Google Maps
So savage and frequent are the replies that some who are not from the school are apparently leaving troll reviews just to get a response.
Although it’s unclear when people started leaving bad reviews for the school, it seems to have an unusually high number of one-star reviews.
Source: Google Maps
This may be indicative of a social media phenomenon called review bombing. This occurs when many users or a few users with multiple accounts leave negative reviews in hopes of damaging a product or service’s sales and popularity.
In response, the person who runs the Google Maps account of North Vista Secondary School has taken an unorthodox approach to counter the bad reviews — by replying with sassy remarks.
One user said the school is “trash” and has few facilities, even calling everyone there rude and a showoff. To that, the admin simply replied, “who asked”.
Source: Google Maps
Another user said the school gave them post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), to which the admin shot back with “skill issue”, implying that the user was simply not competent enough.
Source: Google Maps
One user called the school “lousy”, leading the admin to pull an Uno reverse card move and call his opinion lousy instead.
Source: Google Maps
The admin also had no patience for another user who crafted a lengthy negative review, saying, “Hey man not cool man”.
Source: Google Maps
At times, the admin would even take the passive-aggressive approach by simply agreeing with whatever criticism the review contained — case in point — this concise reply of “ikr (I know right)” to a one-star review.
Interestingly, the Google Maps admin did not reserve their sassiness for negative reviews only.
More fascinating still was that the responses ranged from sarcastic to puzzling and even proud.
One user praised the school for taking good care of their child. The admin agreed and said their child received good support, albeit in video games instead of studies.
Source: Google Maps
One of the more wholesome replies stemmed from a user who called the school’s owner a “W” — a gaming term for ‘win’. The admin simply responded by saying that the school’s principals are “the best”.
Source: Google Maps
They quickly changed their tune for another good review, however, replying “trap” to someone who encouraged others to enrol.
Source: Google Maps
Despite the apparent dedication to North Vista Secondary School, some of the admin’s replies have raised suspicions about their relationship to the school.
Responding to one troll’s review that rated the school one star despite never having enrolled there, the admin said: “Same”.
Source: Google Maps
Inversely, a user called the school the GOAT (greatest of all time) despite apparently being from Malaysia.
To that, the admin replied that they themselves are not even from North Vista.
Source: Google Maps
While it remains to be seen what the admin’s ties to the school actually are, it is worth noting that any Google user can become the owner of a location simply by adding a missing place.
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