Why is it not published?

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Hello

Even though I am a Level 10 Guide, I sometimes take enriched photos of the places they visit. It is published with my comment, but although it is visible to me, no one else is visible.

I am very upset when such balanced and serious environment photos are not published.

I kindly ask for your help @ErmesT

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Thanks for tagging me, and sorry for the late reply, @sadikkokoz
In fact I see that 698 of your reviews and 2287 of your photos are not publicly visible.
I cannot comment in what I cannot see, so I will have to respond according to what is visible.
First of all let say that when posting a review with attached photos and videos, it is enough for a single element to be considered non-compliant for the entire post (the review and the attached media) not to be posted.

A good practice is to wait a couple of days (video verification takes a long time and you post a lot of them) and then check if the review is public.
If it is not:

  • Remove all media. This way we can immediately understand if the problem is in the text
  • If the review without media is not published within a few minutes, correct the text
  • If the review is published, add the media one at a time to see what is causing it
  • Of course, if we are sure we have not violated any rules we can appeal

And here comes the critical point. Personally I find your reviews very well done (I’ve read about ten) but I can’t say the same about the published images. I think that before publishing in Maps we should think as users, and ask ourselves if what we have published would be liked even if someone else had published it.

  • Do the images and videos you see show you what the place is like, or simply an event that happens there?
  • If the photos and videos were posted by others, would you like to find very similar images?
  • If the photos and videos were posted by others, would you like to see your face, or even worse, your children’s face?
  • If the photos and videos were posted by others, would you like to find the same image posted twice?

Personally, I don’t. Furthermore, all of the ones I mentioned above are violations of the program’s rules. Rules that we have all accepted but few have read.
They are defined as

  • repetitive content (similar images or videos)
  • Violation of people’s privacy
  • Duplication of images

Why am I telling you this? Because when you appeal your account is verified, and the content I mentioned above could lead to the opposite result of what you are asking for: the removal of other content.

For this reason, before sharing the form to appeal with you, I ask you to do the tests I mentioned above in your reviews, and to look at the content with the eyes of a user, rather than with those of the author. We are all in love with our images, and for me it is a huge sacrifice to give up publishing 99% of my images, but I believe it is necessary, if we really want to be of help

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@ErmesT

It was really informative

I will now take all these details into consideration and act accordingly

Thank you very much for your interest

I invite you to Turkey

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Thank you, @sadikkokoz
I know that one day I will return to Turkey, and that day I will inform you and many other friends that I have in your beautiful country.
From your contributions looks like you are not so far from Izmir and Manisa. I passed through Manisa when I visited Bergama, arriving from Izmir, where I worked for 18 months (I am one of the engineers who built PhilSA plant in Torbali, near Kusadasi) then I moved to Samsung.
I spent most of the weekends exploring the incredible archeological sites of the area, and I wanted to have my honeymoon in there, for my wife to enjoy your country too

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@ErmesT

I can’t tell you how happy I am. Yes, I live in Manisa. I travel all over Turkey due to my job. I know the regions you mentioned very, very well. I hope one day our paths will cross. We have a hotel in Erdek district of Balıkesir province. I would love to host you and your family there too. My Best Regards to Your Family :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

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