13 Million Star Photo Views 🤯

Connections & celebrations
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I was blown away to receive an email this morning announcing that my Star Photo has reached 13,000,000 views!

Caption: A screenshot of an announcement email detailing the 13.000,000 view milestone of JustJake's photo in Luna Park. The photo sits in the center of the screenshot with the quote 'Your photo is helping in a big way' below it.
Caption: A screenshot of an announcement email detailing the 13.000,000 view milestone of JustJake's photo in Luna Park. The photo sits in the center of the screenshot with the quote 'Your photo is helping in a big way' below it.722Ă—687 115 KB

I’m still humbly in the middle of the pack on the Star Photos Leaderboard, but I’m plenty stoked that my questionably framed photo has been of some use to so many Maps users checking out Luna Park at Coney Island, NY.

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Heartiest congratulations

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Thank you so much!

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Well done Jake, what a star :wink:

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I wouldn’t even know it existed if it weren’t for you, @AdamGT! Thanks, man.

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13M Star Photo Views is just possible when the photo is shot by our friend @JustJake.

Many congratulations :partying_face::clap:.

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Thank you very much, @Kumaarsantosh. The photo is definitely not one that I’d have framed in my house, but you never know what might be deemed useful and turned into a Star :man_shrugging:

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Hug congratulations @JustJake

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This reminds me of those beach paintings. @JustJake, your humility never ceases to amaze me. The photo may not be perfectly framed or picturesque, yet, it still holds realism with the interpretation of our objective reality. It’s a star photo for a reason! Great job!

Or I’m just too nice and you hit the algorithm perfectly that day! :rofl::rofl: Either way, congratulations! :tada:

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Herzlichen Glückwunsch zu so enormen Aufrufen, da Träumen andere für ihre gesamten Bildbeiträge,.
@JustJake :bouquet:

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Congratulations @JustJake

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@JustJake wow, that is truly impressive! congrats! #letsguide ! :100: :cowboy_hat_face:

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This gets my vote, but I’ll take it!

Thank you for taking the time to check out the picture, too :blush:

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Thank you! I was just in the right place at the right time.

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Wow, @JustJake — 13 million views is absolutely incredible! :tada::camera_with_flash:

That’s not just a milestone, it’s a real impact. Your photo has clearly helped so many people get a feel for Luna Park before they even set foot there.

Thanks for leading by example and showing how every Local Guide contribution counts — sometimes in the millions! :rocket:

Out of curiosity, do you remember what made you snap that particular shot in the first place? :camera::sparkles:

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Wow!! That’s a great achievement @JustJake. Congratulations!!

My Star Photo has been stuck at 2,137,896 for more than a year now.

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You’re right @Annaelisa

My entire photo contribution is just double this at 26 million. I doubt I’d ever have one single photo at 13 million.

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Erfolge soll man nicht herabwĂĽrdigen sondern genieĂźen @JustJake ich denke es macht auch die Perspektive der Aufnahme viel aus.

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Thanks for checking out my post! I took the picture from the Wonder Wheel, the big Ferris Wheel at Luna Park. I’d venture a guess that millions of photos have been taken from the same spot over the decades. I just happened to upload mine and got lucky :blush:

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Thank you, Tony. I’m sorry you’re still in the photo view lockdown. Have you done a “Takeout” and downloaded your data to see if the counts are different on the back end? I believe @WilfriedB described that trick.

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