I received a WARNING that I am reviewing incorrectly
ElizionK-PGO
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I have been reviewing since 2019 and my rating is currently at GREAT. In the old system, I would even take the time to type in and explain whenever I would reject something! But now with this confusing new system (we’ve had it for only two weeks!) I received this warning about my reviewing. I asked for specifics (please tell me what I am doing wrong so I can make changes) and their generic reply gave me none. I CANNOT RISK LOSING MY LEVEL 50 POGO ACCOUNT OVER THIS!! The one year plus backlog times in my area just got worse because no more reviewing for me.
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It would be nice if they actually told us what we have done wrong, this is such a basic thing if they expect us to change our reviewing behavior.
The last time someone posted about this letter, it turned out they were misapplying safe pedestrian access to include things that had pedestrian access but were in restricted areas. Are you sure you aren't making the same mistake?
The last time was today, and it turns out that it was due to rejecting the logo of a chain restaurant. https://community.wayfarer.nianticlabs.com/discussion/49022/and-now-i-am-reviewing-incorrectly
I'm starting to think this Philo P guy doesn't understand what "use your best judgement" means.
The second email from Niantic reads "Please review the aforementioned Wayspot details and context shared in our previous message. As a result, we have notified you about it after our investigation."
This implies that there were more communications between you and Niantic, which we also know because you obviously asked for clarification at some point to get a second response about it. Is there another email from Niantic that could help clear things up?
This is a good faith question, I swear! I just want to know if the email refers to additional communication that we haven't seen, or if the email itself is unclear. The two sentences don't really "work" together; "As a result" implies that this was an outcome of the previous sentence, but the antecedent for it isn't totally clear.
I only received two emails from Niantic and I posted screencaps of them both (see original post). I replied to the first email and asked “Could you PLEASE be more specific, I need to know exactly what I am doing wrong so I can make changes.” And then they replied with the second email which gave me NO SPECIFICS.
This is like being pulled over by a police officer who tells you you are driving poorly and risk losing your license. And when you ask “What exactly am I doing wrong, Officer?” they tell you to go read the Rules of the Road manual and figure it out for yourself.
It’s ridiculous for Niantic to treat its volunteer reviewers this way!
That's so frustrating. I'm so sorry.
Cross posting this from another thread as it involves this situation:
As Niantic is unwilling to clarify WHY they give out such E-Mails, i'd simply consider them 12 month Softbans from Wayfarer.
As we know, after 12 month each of you offenses are cleared up and the next time you will get this email again, not a 30 day ban on your PoGo account.
So whenever such an email will Land in my Postbox, i'll simply assume to be banned from wayfarer for 12 month. Not willing to risk my PoGo Account for wayfarer.