Cooldown has been activated ...
AstroBomb2020-PGO
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I've just started here, with only 69 reviews so far, and I've been given a 24 hour cooldown for some anomalies in my review behavior. I'm baffled... I have no idea what I did to trigger this cooldown. The cooldown appeared after I walked away from my computer and the spot that was up for review timed out. Could that be it? I was reviewing while at work, and had to step away. Perhaps in the future, if someone is given a cooldown, Wayfarer could explain why the cooldown was triggered, that way reviewers learn form this, and don't repeat the behavior.
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Trying to reject slowly, write comments why you are accepting or rejecting, so the algorithm doesn't think you are a machine, try not to give 5 stars to everyone, or use the same stars on everything.
I haven't reviewed on 3 days. It says there is no more thing to review.
You just need to review slower, I put a timer of 20 seconds on each review and never got a cooldown again.
Happened to me as well after about 100 reviews. I do not know exactly where my failure was but I changed several things and it did not happen again.
I felt I had to rush because with every review I received another nomination. I guess this is the main mistake. Better take your time and decide carefully. Mistakes encourage abusers or other submitters who see the stop and start to believe that this sort of object is eligible. Correcting these is more work in the end than evaluating fewer nominations slowly.
Try to rate from 1 to 5. Not 1 or 5.
If you reject, try to select the best possible reason.
Read the criteria 100 times...
Check the forums to learn about fakes and be careful not to fall for them.
Leave a commentary especially about things you are unsure of or you dislike. It can help if the POI leads to questioning.
Check locations carefully. Is the object REALLY there? If not, check the internet if you find extra infos. After all, we do not want to miss good spots.
And keep up the good spirit. One warning at the beginning is not the end of the world.
This litterally happens to everyone. I just got one for choosing a bad picture. That system needs to be reworked and is a huge contributor as to why nominations get stuck in pool forever. I suggest waiting 20 seconds before submitting your review if you review a lot. Niantic likes to punish people who do free labor instead of rewarding them.
I have never had a cool down. I've gotten the robot check a few times.
You are one of the lucky one, I don't know a single person that it did not happen too. It's especially insulting after rejecting a mailbox. Why the hell is Niantic punishing me for rejecting a 1* nomination?
I'm almost certain it's not the mailbox review that triggered a cool down, but more likely the pattern of the several previous reviews that ended in the mailbox.
It's almost always after chain of obvious 1*. Like mailbox or random street or cats. The game consider I am reviewing too fast
Thanks everyone, for the suggestions. I'll give these a try and see if it works better.
I also never had a cooldown before today (7k reviews in almost exactly one year).
Today I changed my bonus location (which I set too close to my home location back when I started) to another continent to help locals, and I got my first ever cooldown within an hour. I didn't change anything about my reviewing behaviour.
Obviously this is anecdotal and might easily be a simple coincindence, but this makes me think. Has anyone looked into the possible connection between receiving frequent cooldowns and distance between locations?
I’ve gotten two and I have no idea what I’m doing wrong. I’ve done less than 100 reviews and this whole process is discouraging me from even wanting to do this anymore. It’s frustrating.
I know, I have tried to get better and I can't upgrade to 'good' anymore.
Also got a cooldown. For rejecting horrible nominations. :(