The reason for the difference in amount of photos is the following:
The number in the first screenshot shows all contributions you have uploaded, including private items (contributions you have added to Maps that might be marked private due to potential violations of Google Maps contributed policy). The second screenshot reflects the counts of your viewable (non-private) content.
I want to let you know that if you want to tag someone, you need to type @ and then slowly type their name and click it when it appears in the small window. Otherwise, we won't get a notification.
Hope this helps!
- Nadya
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