CipherBlakk-PGO
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Hmm, yeah. So I would personally approve this. Clearly a park, clearly public, clearly permanent, and it's small enough that you can capture the whole thing in a photo (and you almost have no choice but to do that). I also don't think it's a bad photo for what it's portraying. But you are going to get people claiming a…
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Kudos for putting in the time and effort. It actually looks really nice. But yeah, if you made it yourself and it's intended to be permanent, I'm assuming it's on your property. Looks like a garage door?
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That's a really cool idea. Maybe also have the reviewer check one of the three main criteria boxes - I imagine that the reviewer's job would be to either validate what the submitter had in mind, or to decide a different criteria is better to review it under. And then the evaluation options would change depending on what…
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Anyway, doesn't this post and its passive aggressive commentary belong in the "Invalid Wayspot Appeals" section?
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I don't think I'd reject for pedestrian access. To me, that's informed by real-world "can I reach the actual object." If I reasonably assume I can based on supporting info and the map, then I think that point is resolved. For the other options, the reviewing process provides the ability to suggest the actual location if…
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This exactly. So many cases people label as abuse are not abuse per the rejection options, yet the term is flung around just for things that simply don't meet criteria. This is why we have the reviewing process in the first place - to weed out things that simply aren't acceptable. Even for obvious things like this, you…
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Maybe you could post your description and supporting info? The dates seem to indicate it's not just another street sign, but a plaque of some kind referencing something that's no longer there, or maybe the length of time it took to build something. If you spoke about this in your information, it would help, but I'm not…
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Yeah, I think if you've got a short, very pertinent quote that isn't particularly promotional and you're clear about where it's coming from and also have additional info in your own words, it's fine. If you end up filling the entire description with one quote, you probably need to revise what you've got and trim it down…
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Yeah, I totally agree with you. For a while, I was thrown off by the "historical or cultural significance" criteria, because not everything is historical, and not everything is cultural. Unless you want to define culture as anything people use, which I suppose you could if you wanted. So, for a while, I was 1-star-ing that…
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Feel free to specify the passage in the Terms that says I'm wrong. Just because Niantic has taken unspecified "action," which hasn't been described so it's hard to judge anything about it, doesn't mean the group is in violation of the Terms of Service. Niantic admins joining a private FB group have no authority except as…
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Activities on another platform are not against Niantic's Terms of Service, which apply to use of Niantic platforms and services. Niantic cannot regulate what I or anyone else does in our daily lives outside of Niantic's platforms. This is something I already explained, and I'm not sure why anything about this situation…
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I think this entire thread has matured well past its expiration date. I'm not sure what business OP has in creating more drama over something in another thread that has already wrapped up. This post is clearly about activities on a platform that Wayfarer has no jurisdiction over and does not meet Wayfarer-related criteria…
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Truth. Users like to play mod when they are not. 😂 However, I am not paid enough to gatekeep a general discussion forum, and I think people should have a place to ask questions about things that are clearly related. At present, you get an unspecified number of free comments before someone with zero stake in the discussion…
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I guess the only question I see here is why are you choosing to place the POI in an inaccurate location? You shouldn't be. That misrepresents the location and yeah, people could consider that abuse. Not your text specifically, but that you're not putting things where they belong. You need to locate the pin the best you…
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Yeah, this is going to end up in country quagmire problem. Objectively, it should be a fine point of interest. But because that whole area is the driveway to the property, that's what people are going to fixate on and it technically goes against the prp criteria, which is not written with country land and properties or…
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You might try posting the photos you're using. I usually try to be generous in rural areas, so this sounds like something I would approve, but it's hard to say without your photos and supporting submission info. And many people are very strict, regardless of what the local area is like. Parks generally are perfectly fine…
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I don't think restaurants need any particular cool concept to sell it (definitely helps), but you do need to make a more convincing argument. What would make me pick this restaurant out of 10 other choices I have on Google maps? Every Mexican restaurant is family owned and tries to be the "best" and "authentic." Is there a…
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I don't think anyone would go on a 10km trail hike specifically for playing games, so whether there are wayspots every half or full kilometer isn't all that relevant ... but I do agree that something should be there, because they should help encourage me to keep going and stay engaged in the game. I really like the idea of…
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You are right that no such platform exists, and it should! That's why so many Pokemon Go posts end up here, because Niantic has chosen not to provide a better place for them.
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But they're not violating terms of service as far as Niantic goes, with respect to the FB activity. The activity on FB is not part of any conduct "while using the Services" of Niantic. They're using a completely separate platform, which is essentially private. They can do whatever they like on this platform, and that it…
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Is it actually on private prp property? Or in some grassy public area? The telephone pole makes me wonder. Aside from that, it does kind of look temporary, but the info says it's been there since 2019, which is decently established. I think it would help if you got some additional info about whether this is intended to be…
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I think the comments about the games/gameboards not being conducive to actually exploring POIs is pretty spot on. The POIs are pretty peripheral in the actual gameplay and even in the point of the games themselves, at least for the current games. As a player, you don't need to know or care what's there, you just need…
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That's true. This particular case is pretty clear. I'm not sure I've seen an artistic one that really puts the focus into question, but they're probably out there. Also not sure what I'd do if I ran into some kind of sparkly rainbow photo filter. That artistic merit is definitely questionable. 😂
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The best thing to do is find an online group of players. Whenever I'm in an area where I don't know anyone, I just Google Pokemon Go plus the name of the city, or Pokemon Go plus city name plus Facebook. If you're in a very small town and don't find any results, try the name of the region or the nearest large city instead.…
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Stops on hospital grounds are just fine as long as they don't block emergency services. A lot of hospitals have fountains, gardens, murals, sculptures, etc., that could all meet criteria. That they're on hospital grounds isn't a reason to deny an otherwise valid stop.
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It goes on to contradict itself when it says not to use names. So the problem still exists that Niantic's intentions are unclear. I could interpret this any which way I wanted and still be "accurate," publish my conclusions, and be different from someone else's interpretation, all without an authoritative source as an…
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The OP clearly interpreted the artist's words as a first party source. Niantic did not directly address that, and instead spit out a canned statement about third party sources being ineligible. That much was already obvious. It was so obvious, the OP had already mentioned they knew that. The question was whether the…
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Let us all hope that it is never possible to easily and directly call out and ban users, because that would result in abuse on another level entirely ... nevermind that people keep trying to do exactly that about situations like this that don't warrant anything of the sort. We have only your word to go on that your…
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Since when is b. u. s. h censored??? What even. 😂
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This is so true. Even the "official" response in this post about whether an artist's words were acceptable or not was cryptic and unhelpful. A clear "no, they're not because of X" would have been insanely easy and understandable, and directly answered the question. But they chose not to do any of that and parrot unclear…