I have now got back
number of photos
number of photo viewer
master photographer badge
BUT
I haven’t got back
around 1000 contribution points
number of likes of my photos
almost 600 points for answers
please advice …
PS
Please don’t move my post around to different mass threads … I cannot follow my previous posts due to being moved to other threads and no links lead me back to them.
Do you have Activity History deletion turned on @I-am-Q ?
Cool, has it always been on this setting @I-am-Q - I just want to ensure that it has before we continue to troubleshoot.
Paul
I have never changed it or touched it before
So what happens now @PaulPavlinovich
Next thing I would suggest is to open your own profile without logging in via incognito mode in your browser and compare the number of reviews and number of photos between the two. If you see less in incognito mode then some of your contributions have been marked private which can happen for a lot of reasons.
When I look at your contributions I see 11,706 points - I don’t see any significant issues in your photo contributions, the only red flag I see is that you’ve reviewed a lot of places in a short frame of time and give them very cursory comments. You may have been picked up by a spam filter. Are you visiting and fully experiencing each of these places you are reviewing and are entering them with the intention to conduct business?
Reviews225
Ratings2
Photos1132
Videos65
Answers1442
Edits38
Places added34
Roads added0
Facts checked32
Q&A0
Published lists0
How are your points today?
Paul
Thaks Paul I will do, please take a look at these two snapshots to see what am I pointing at to. Please note number of answers and number of contribution points
today:
Before:
Regarding several reviews in short time:
A) I was visiting a new shopping center and there were lots of opportunities for me to buy and or investigate types of services and guarantees… If you also take a closer look at those contributions you will see that all of them are from the same shopping mall.
B) Sometimes I collect data and when I have good internet connection I publish them.
I thought to mention these two reason just to address “the res flag” you mentioned in passing.
I opened my profile in my laptop without logging in… I could only see the reduced numbers not that one I had for two weeks ago )as it is shown in attached screenshot in my previous post
please also note the loose of number of likes (it is zero now) and number of answers
Hi
I am awaiting your response @PaulPavlinovich
It can take time for systems to recover @I-am-Q how are the points looking today?
One notification is enough @I-am-Q I’m not on Connect every day and please remember that like you I am a volunteer.
Paul
Thanks @PaulPavlinovich
I understand Paul and really appreciate your help. 
As you can see in the attached screenshot, no change in number of points and o change in the number of answers.
Awaiting your advice for next step.
All the best
Other people I’ve been talking to seem to be getting their points back today - how are yours @I-am-Q ?
@PaulPavlinovich , I guess that I am not that lucky yet … what about lost photo likes and number of answers?
Deleted answers are not coming back @I-am-Q they are deleted.
Good to know @PaulPavlinovich , thanks. How about number of photo likes, and contribution points?
I am sure that google is aware of loosing trust among local guides.
all the best
The automatic activities deletion did not affect views, likes or points @I-am-Q
Points can be reduced when content that does not meet the User Contributed Content Policy is made private.
I am not following you @PaulPavlinovich
I have lost all likes on my photos and almost 800 contribution points.
If all these troubles are user depended, how it comes then, that so many local guides experience similar problems almost at the same time?
I have not made any change to my default settings in my account. I don’t know of any post or comments or pictures that might violate the policy.
I don’t know how other local guides are doing, but I think that, it is annoying and disappointing to see how these kinds of questions have been handled by Google.
To be frank I think Google doesn’t care that much about it. So many local guides spend so much time to describe their experiences for nothing!
We all know that, indifferent is the most harmful behavior for any kind of business. I hope that Google solves this problem soon. But insinuating that so many users have done same kinds of mistake in almost same timeframe is not so convincing.
Thanks for taking your time and responding @PaulPavlinovich
Hi @I-am-Q I had a look at your contributions and as general feedback the photo contributions are very good. There’s the occasional duplicate and a few with groups of people but certainly no more of them than I have which is easily put down to an unusual mistake.
There has been a views issue but that has been resolved. I only see a handful of people who seem to have an issue similar to yours.
When I multiply out your contributions based on your Maps profile they seem to match your points that you have.
For the things like views and likes, they come and go from time to time, they usually recover themselves within 48 to 72 hours which is why I asked if yours had returned yet as they are likely to do so.
Paul
