Students bored of homeschooling spam Google Classroom app with one-star reviews thanks to a TikTok meme
TikTok videos tagged "#GoogleClassroom" have more than 26 million views, and many of them tell viewers to give the app a lower rating, claiming that apps with a rating lower than one star are deleted from the app store.
Although it's the number one education app in the Apple App Store and number five free app overall, it has an unusually low rating of 1.7 stars.
Google Classroom is a tool used by teachers to give assignments, collect work, and otherwise organize online learning.
Some reviews seem to point out genuine issues with the app, but others are simply using it to complain about online school in general.
Other five star reviews directly address the low ratings, telling people to stop complaining and low rating the app.
Other TikTok videos expressed surprise and excitement at what was happening to Google Classroom's rating.
@brooklynbrownmix
Google Classroom finna be canceled 😱 ##mindblown ##googleclassroom ##canceled ##shook ##xyzbca ##fyp everyone is giving it one star that’s crazy 🤯
♬ Eine kleine Nachtmusik - MozartTikTok is full of videos where students complain about specific aspects of Google Classroom, like the apparently unending number of notifications.
Students in China tried a similar method earlier this year, giving low ratings to the learning app DingTalk used in Chinese schools in an attempt to get it removed.
Source: Business Insider
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