The Auld Triangles

Happy to report my triangles are disappearing :red_triangle_pointed_up:
I posted this pic & possibly hijacked @Trail_blazer deleting of 3.4 million views, I did apologise on said post

And now this screenshot from just now

Maybe our new pope Leo XIV
Bless him

But I did listen a few times to:

Or a moderator from heaven stepped in

A happy Peadar as seen nothing wrong with my contributions

Oh @Annaelisa
@tony_b
& @AdamGT
I’ve got a feeling

Thanks P

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Well done @Peadar. Is this an example of miracles do happen :thinking: I have to say that comparing your screenshots, each of the ones shown in your first screenshot are quite dark but not so dark in the second screenshot. Can you explain this?

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Yes @AdamGT
They had the auld triangles attached to them
So AI darkened em down, & if I went to look at them it said not posted

More interesting is the view changes

Thanks Peadar

Herzlichen Glückwunsch :rocket: @Peadar und danke für das Video, ich liebe gute a Capella Musik und werde es mir sicher öfters anhören :folded_hands::blush:

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@AdamGT whenever the triangle appears, indicating a photo or video taken in the European Union was rejected by the filter, the thumbnail also appears darker. It seems, this is done purposely by Google and the original photo was not changed.

Yesterday, I got one too. In that case, I made picture of the opening hours which were posted at the glass of the front door. I assume, the reflection did disturb the AI and I deleted the photo, because it didn’t provide any additional information anyway:

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Ah that’s the explanation. Thanks for explaining it @WilfriedB

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So tonight is update night
My maps contribution page on app says
1387 pics
& I adjusted to this value on the T100
Am I correct in doing so
Because I’ve 94 triangles
@AdamGT
@Annaelisa
@WilfriedB
@tony_b

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If I scroll through my most viewed timeline
This picture from 9 years ago is my first triangle
Is it’s view count hidden
I don’t fully understand
I see nothing wrong with it
I think owners flagged
Not sure really

While on topic
This makes me really mad
I took this picture @ my wife’s aunts
(102 years old)
funeral & the business hijacked
I loved because of autumnal colors representing her life
They obviously too
Not fair
It’s view count stopped for me years ago :enraged_face:

& yes I did dispute to no avail

Bessere Auskunft kann @MortenCopenhagen geben

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Bessere Auskunft kann zu den Bildern @MortenCopenhagen geben

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Good morning @Peadar.

Most times, when the SPAM filter rejects a photo, we cannot see, why exactly this happened. I found it very helpful to read @MortenCopenhagen’s excellent articles: Common Photo Violations.
Some things, you might verify quickly, though:

  • are there recognizable faces on the picture
  • or is there some text overlaid on the picture?

If one of the above is true, you might delete the photo (after downloading it, if you don’t have any local backup), try to crop to remove the face(s) or letters and upload again. In one case, I was able to solve it by removing a traffic sign - no idea why it was rejected in the first place.

If you are perfectly sure, there is nothing wrong, you could fill in this form for contributions not visible on Google Maps and the relevant team will go through your contributions. The ones that follow the guidelines, will be reinstated.

However, I doubt this being wise as long as you have this big number (94) of hidden photos and would recommend to try first to cleanup (i.e. delete) as much as possible by yourself.

Personally, I check all contributions immediately after uploading and delete rigorously, if the triangle appears. I also always track my older contributions, in case one gets hidden later. In at least one of those cases, I was able to successfully appeal to get around 10 photos from different business listings reinstated, but I consider it big exception.

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You correctly updated the T100 Maps data, @Peadar. This new panel tells you two things independently from the Maps data update:

  • You should watch your hidden contributions urgently, because this might result in banning your Maps profile
  • There will be new features in T100 coming up with more functions for pro-members
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