Oh. This is a really interesting question for me because I learned about the Local Guide right now when I’ve read the rules for joining the Local Connecting Guide.
Unfortunately, in our country (Kazakhstan) this resource is not so popular among the population. But sometimes we use “Your conributions” on Google maps. Therefore, I would like to write a few words about “Your contribution”.
This resource is quite convenient for the author of the reviews. In particular, the function of choice the places that I visited recently. However, my friends do not use this resource so often to view reviews. I think it depends on a somewhat inaccurate map. Because we often need to see reviews when we look for some place or institution on the map. If you could return the map editing capabilities (as it was 5 or 6 years ago), we (map creation volunteers) could make the map as close to reality as possible. Perhaps this would help to increase the popularity of both maps in general and reviews from Google in Kazakhstan.