Local guide Account suspended

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Link to my account given below : https://maps.app.goo.gl/V9tZVmoG9bAZdLpz6

My local guide connect account got suspended, I had lost all my points and badges. Followed the appeal form procedure got a reply that the suspension is permanent. I think monotonous review could be the reason of suspension. I was unaware about the policy, that’s why I had written short and repetitive reviews. Please help me to get out of this problem. Thank you

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Hi @user_not_found

As indicated by @JAHEDx (Thank you for the copy/paste of my canned response, please read: How do I follow the original content guidelines on Connect?) writing here is totally useless, as the suspension, as you already said, is permanent, and the only way to contact the team is through the Appeal form,

Close this account now following this link (https://maps.google.com/localguides/home/settings ). Having two accounts is against the program rules

Thank you for reading

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Hello @user_not_found

Sorry to read about the stoppage of your account.

It’s good that you are aware of the reason for suspension.

Nevertheless, writing one-liner reviews alone can’t lead to that. Many sporadic contributors are doing so often.

In my opinion, if you continue to do that in succession, week over week, then that becomes spamming.

I studied your profile in detail & I found many non-conformities.

  1. The profile picture appears on multiple websites. Did you obtain the permission of the owner to utilize that?
  2. 74% of the 583 reviews are now private. That’s an enormous proportion.
  3. Surprise, even the one-liner reviews have up-votes. Maybe that’s your vote or by any of your acquaintances. However, in my view, that doesn’t represent a sound practice.
  4. There are many repeats & near repeats of photos. That’s a sure shot reason to attract a moratorium.

Unless you rectify all the non-conformities, there wouldn’t be any point in requesting reinstatement of the account.

I suggest going through these guidelines.

1. Community policy for Local Guides. That includes Maps User Contributed content policies also.

  1. Guidelines for uploading photos on Maps.

And the most crucial step will be exiting the account through which you created this post on Connect. A person can have only one LG account.

You can continue to contact the Google Maps team through other social media platforms.

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Can I contribute again through my suspended account. Can I start from level1 again. Or else can I exit from the suspended account and start a new one. Please help whatever possible.

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Thank U So Much @ErmesT

It’s Really Means A Lot, I Read The Rules And I Follow…

Thanks For Mention & Guidelines, #HappyMapping