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May be yes @MattGatlin but could have been done with prior information to LGs.
@MattGatlin wrote:
Thanks for the tip, @LucioV
Although I don't know about view count adjustments (my view count has been frozen/unchanged for the past 4 days), checking my photo contributions in an anonymous browser and comparing to my signed-in browser showed that I had more than a hundred fewer public photos than I thought. It appears that the photos rendered non-public are those that either:
- Look similar or almost identical to others I have posted, or
- Are of businesses that have been officially claimed and are only allowing their own approved photos to appear
I'm not sure if those exclusion practices have always been in place, since this is the first time I've done a side by side comparison between my signed-in stats check and an anonymous check. The summary pop-up windows have identical points/stats counts in both browsers, so it doesn't appear that public/non-public photo status is affecting the points count, at least in my case right now.
Signed in on Chrome:
Anonymous on Firefox:
I have noticed some ongoing weirdness with my photo counts over the past few days, so I think @LucioV and @mhjn are right about there being policy changes in the works.
@MattGatlin wrote:
Thanks for the tip, @LucioV
Although I don't know about view count adjustments (my view count has been frozen/unchanged for the past 4 days), checking my photo contributions in an anonymous browser and comparing to my signed-in browser showed that I had more than a hundred fewer public photos than I thought. It appears that the photos rendered non-public are those that either:
- Look similar or almost identical to others I have posted, or
- Are of businesses that have been officially claimed and are only allowing their own approved photos to appear
I'm not sure if those exclusion practices have always been in place, since this is the first time I've done a side by side comparison between my signed-in stats check and an anonymous check. The summary pop-up windows have identical points/stats counts in both browsers, so it doesn't appear that public/non-public photo status is affecting the points count, at least in my case right now.
Signed in on Chrome:
Anonymous on Firefox:
I have noticed some ongoing weirdness with my photo counts over the past few days, so I think @LucioV and @mhjn are right about there being policy changes in the works.
May be yes @MattGatlin but could have been done with prior information to LGs.
@MattGatlin wrote:
Thanks for the tip, @LucioV
Although I don't know about view count adjustments (my view count has been frozen/unchanged for the past 4 days), checking my photo contributions in an anonymous browser and comparing to my signed-in browser showed that I had more than a hundred fewer public photos than I thought. It appears that the photos rendered non-public are those that either:
- Look similar or almost identical to others I have posted, or
- Are of businesses that have been officially claimed and are only allowing their own approved photos to appear
I'm not sure if those exclusion practices have always been in place, since this is the first time I've done a side by side comparison between my signed-in stats check and an anonymous check. The summary pop-up windows have identical points/stats counts in both browsers, so it doesn't appear that public/non-public photo status is affecting the points count, at least in my case right now.
Signed in on Chrome:
Anonymous on Firefox:
I have noticed some ongoing weirdness with my photo counts over the past few days, so I think @LucioV and @mhjn are right about there being policy changes in the works.
@Anonymous Please do not expect
@Anonymous wrote:
Hi Local Guides Team Support
why points continuously going down?
Yesterday's Screenshot:
I was on Level 8 with 15054 points & following contribution
But now i did screenshot again and saw low points specially number of photos going down even i didn't post any spam/ irrelevant/ low quality image
Kindly recover my points and fix the issue please
Thanks
Ata Ur Rehman
any response.
Dear @NFN I can understand your frustration
@NFN wrote:
Morning.
First the view counter only updates weekly....with incorrect numbers.
Now the app can't count any more?
Lost over 3000 points. I know it will return but my hart can't take it anymore
Was 20600 yesterday +-
2378 photos not 1748
and feeling as myself have lost thousands of points without knowing any reason.
Hi @GusMoreira,
- My maps profile is: https://www.google.hu/maps/contrib/116030646877186188585/
- I have no idea how many photos I am missing (I keep adding them constantly)
- Since yesterday I have lost about 600-700 points.
I know my points often fluctuate a bit but a sudden 600-700 points decrease might indicate a glitch.I am not sure if this is due to some photo glitch at all.
Edit: it seems that no matter that I added photos, my point count does not change. Previously, when I added a photo, my point count reflected it within a few moments. Now nothing (although my new photos appear under my photos tab). I did not make a note of my photo count before and after but that's going to be next once I upload a new photo.
Edit 2: now my point count is up by almost 600 points again - although as far as I can remember, it's still not as high as it should be but I'll stop watching it.
@Gaieus) 
