Hello Terry,
what is a “closed POI”? There can be one of several different cases:
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The business is marked as permanently closed: In this case our media is still visible and can even increase the views.
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The pin was deleted: While the photos show “Unknown place” under My Contributions, I saw three different cases:
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the photo is marked with the triangle on the upper left and darkened: this only happens for media made in the EU.
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the photo is still public, i.e. sharing a link from My Contributions with other users it is visible
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it appears normal under My Contributions but is not visible to others
In another recent thread, @PrasadVR confirmed, having seen the latter cases too. Even if a media was made inside the EU, I rarely see the exclamation mark (“the triangle”).
Even in this case, where two places disappeared (and finally wer reinstated), I saw all three different cases. Furthermore, while bot places wer reinstated two days ago, the photos of one place are still hidden:
While those, linked to the other place, even though showing “Unknown place” until three days ago, were always public.