Fake wayspot submission
Trial4life-PGO
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While reviewing some wayspots, I came across this strange mural wayspost submission.
It seemd a bit weird, especially for the orientation and the ligthing. I decided to zoom in and analyze it with more attention, and I noticed the signs of the "fade brush" of Photoshop.
To me it is 99% clear that this is a fake mural.
I don't know if it already done automatically when assigning 1 star as "Fake" submission, but if not, I would suggest to add the possibility to report the user while assigning 1 star to a fake submission; if that user receives 2 (or whatever "fair" amount) or more reports, he should be blocked from requesting more wayspots for a period of at least one month.
This would prevent fake submissions to eventually popup on Wayfarer, or even worse on Niantic games.
Thank you for your attention.
Here is the proof that the "Einstein mural" indeed exists in the same town (Cerva, Calabria), but was located at a different address:
The mural was copy-pasted into the wayspot fake-submission wall.
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Here is the proof that the "Einstein mural" indeed exists in the same town (Cerva, Calabria), but was located at a different address:
The mural was copy-pasted into the wayspot fake-submission wall.
Niantic has an AI pre-processor that looks at new nominations for coal, before handing them off to us "user-reviewers". This AI ought to catch fake photos. Maybe yours was already in the system when the AI was started. Or maybe they missed this thing to "detect and deflect".
See "Coal Submissions" section here https://community.wayfarer.nianticlabs.com/discussion/43578/wayfarer-roadmap-ama-june-2023#latest
I've found a whole bunch of fakes in my area recently. Whoever created them was rather skilled at photoshop because all of the photos are quite plausible and I would have passed most of them if I'd reviewed them.
Hi @Trial4life-PGO! We have reviewed the report and have taken action on the Wayspot and 1 Wayfinder in accordance with our policies. While we are unable to discuss our actions in detail to protect the submitter’s privacy, they may include but are not limited to, sending a warning message, placing restrictions on their Wayfarer, Pokémon GO, or Ingress account, putting their account on probation, or placing a temporary or permanent suspension on their Wayfarer, Pokémon GO or Ingress account.
Thank you for helping us maintain the quality of the Wayspots.
I wish there was a better way for Niantic to detect fakes before they get into review.