"Cooldown has been activated" after voting for Watermark Photos
ULtraGreG24-PGO
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We are instructed to reject the watermarked photo with Third Party Photo.
But this is the 3rd time that I'm blocked by a cooldown after this.
This kind of review takes 5s to be voted on, and certainly not all reviewers refuse this type of proposal.
There really are changes to be made on the cooldown trigger.
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This has already happened to me and I was very angry.
Are we really supposed to go with Third Party photo for watermarks? That only makes sense if the watermark is from stock site like 'getty images' or 'shutterstock'. All the watermarks I see are 'taken with XX phone' types. Those aren't third party. I mark them as low quality and write in watermarked, but they should be a category of their own.
This is from the November AMA :
Can a “Watermark” photo rejection option be added to Photo reviews to align with that rejection reason?
At least they are thinking about it. It is shame to have to reject watermarked photos when they aren't third party. I'm sure many of the submitters have no idea what they did wrong.
That is why it is essential that Niantic inform in the email of non-approval reason, after all the people who are evaluators are already obliged to inform the reason for the non-approval.
Cooldowns come from reviewing too fast. Even though it only takes 3-5 seconds to review garbage, spend 10-15 seconds before hitting submit. If you use the Wayfarer Plugin, you can set it to lock the Submit button for a period of time. I used to get Cooldowns all the time, but with a delay I never get them, unless I am on another computer without the plugin.
The cooldown mechanic is problematic and I know many people in real life would stopped reviewing after rightfully being offended by the system after they rejected obvious 1* candidates like elementary schools or mailbox. It is a huge contributor to why things gets stuck for so long and is an insult for people doing free work for Niantic. It's not normal that I don't know a single person that it did not happen to them.
Gonna quote good ol' Cassey here:
"HeY gUiZ tHe SyStEm WoRkZ fInE lEaRn To ReViEw SlOwEr ehehehehhehehe 1 minute for watermarked pictures"