How I discovered that I had hidden reviews & media

[AdamGT]

@tony_b

I wasn’t even aware of the hidden or visible concept until @AdamGT started to highlight it in the Top100 monthly Health Check updates. And even so, I had long periods where my “hidden” was at zero, so this isn’t something I go looking for unless I see others talking about it.

Yes many Local Guides are just as unaware @tony_b and as I mentioned in my reply to @PrasadVR’s Can the Top 100 System Help Find Hidden Contributions? post,

@AdamGT

There were a number of factors behind the motivation for this feature such as (1) many users do not even know they have hidden contributions (see Working out the Number of Hidden Reviews & Photos by @LightRich, (2) many don’t understand how and it is difficult to calculate the number hidden contributions they might have (see Hidden Reviews? Read this by @MortenCopenhagen), (3) the number of hidden contributions can vary on a daily basis which means that users have to continually do the calculations to keep on top of the hidden contributions.

The System addresses these issues and as you have said Prasad, you simply login and the calculations are done for you in real-time! What this means is that if you login today you will see the number of hidden contributions you have today, login tomorrow and if things have changed you will instantly get an updated summary of your hidden contributions. It’s like going to the doctor and having blood tests done and the results are immediately available! The sad thing is that many users like @SarathUpendran has mentioned here don’t even realize this Local Guides that simply register for participation just so that they appear on the Leaderboards miss out a lot. They just don’t get it