Is Niantic really putting any effort in India?
The India Wayfarer India challenge is just around the corner but is Niantic really putting any effort to improve the quality of wayfarer in India? Here is a small example that they are way behind in this case. This is a wayspot that was featured recently in our area. And surprisingly, it's a fake one! The actual poi can be found in this place - https://goo.gl/maps/MVQ3hvUnNMeu5NJMA . From the picture below you can get the address of the fake one and using the google map details of the actual poi, you can clearly see that these two places are more than 150 Km apart! Even if it was not a fake nomination, it getting featured would still raise questions. The title is horrendous. It says it is a bust of a statue. Here is a link to a Facebook post that shows a similar case, a fake nomination getting showcased in our area a few months ago-https://www.facebook.com/groups/495255830685591/permalink/1543205505890613/. I used to think featured wayspots were supposed to help wayfinders understand what is a good nomination, but sadly, they are promoting only low-quality ones now.
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yes, you are true. but It's not about niantic it's about us the reviewers for getting upgrades we review lots of places and 60% of the places are the places that never been visited by us.
The most irritating part is when niantic asks us to suggest the title and location of the place we don't have an option to skip that we have to choose any one option from the given list only.
Niantic has to work on profile scores like StackOverflow. they should give us positive points on good reviews and negative on fake reviews. But they are doing completely opposite they gave us 1 point if the nomination is accepted, rejected, or duplicated by us had been accepted, rejected, or duplicated by the majority of the reviewers. They probably don't know about India here people can shift Tajmahal to Karnataka and Qutub Minar to skim
Hey,
We don't have 360 images for all areas in India; instead, we focus on the feedback to the Niantic team to decide what to do if the situation escalates.
Thank you
You may remove this fake portal to know how just ping me on telegram.
I have already put an invalid wayspot appeal in the forum. Hopefully, they will take this down soon.
Hello @Poeticmajesty01-PGO! The showcase includes nominations that have received high number of votes from the community. If you notice an invalid Wayspot in the showcase, please report it via the Ingress Prime Scanner or Pokémon GO app.
Having said that, we have retired the reported Wayspots and have taken appropriate action towards 2 Wayfinders in accordance to our policies. Thanks for helping us maintain the quality of the Wayspots.