I am/was a level 10 guide that had been part of the program for a couple of years. I loved going to new cities and adding new info, and I had over 50 million views on the pictures I'd taken.
However, a few weeks ago my account drewkimzey was suspended because I violated the content rules. After talking with some people on r/LocalGuides, I realized that I had been spamming my pictures because I was uploading the pictures of businesses that I'd taken to the neighborhood/city/state pages where the business existed. I thought I was just contributing to the variety of pictures for each of these locations, but I understand now how strict Google's anti-spam policy is.
I have tried communicating further with the Local Guides email multiple times, and I've left several comments on the Local Guides Facebook, but there has been no further communication. I am more than willing to have all of my duplicate photos removed. I've removed a few hundred, but I have thousands and thousands of duplicates to delete, and it has to be done individually. I loved being a Local Guide and it really felt like I was doing a good thing (I loved taking trips to remote areas to find content to contribute), and having my account suspended broke my heart.
Is there anything I can do?
NOTE: I have seen on other posts that I am not supposed to use a different account to post on Local Guides, but after speaking with Google employee Lachlan W., he suggested that I try anyway because he didn't know of another way to find my answers.
2022
