[Screenshot_20251029_091702_Samsung Internet] [Screenshot_20251029_091647_Samsung Internet] After the roaring success of my last topic about appealing a painted power box ( I'd like a second opinion on this appeal ), I appealed two more of them and both of them were rejected because of “third-pa…

Oh no!! So posting a picture of a rejected submission here counts as abuse for third party photos?! That’s actually terrible :sob: Can the staff look into this, because surely its normal to post pictures of our submissions and ask for advice, and this should be encouraged, not punished!

[image] Why did this got rejected? No, it would not be rejected if you post it here. Surely not since Aaron said it is not a third party if you post here.

So I wonder if they did not post it elsewhere, how this happened?

[image] frealafgb: how this happened? Remember reading something about them improving the automated review with new technologies or something. Wouldn’t be surprised if they start to use (read: experiment with) eMiLy in the appeals decisions now. And she can finally do reverse image lookup on…

[image] GeneralSecura: because I used their images in that last topic This is not accurate. The said images are available on third party sites. [image] 8h20m: Wouldn’t be surprised if they start to use (read: experiment with) eMiLy in the appeals decisions This is speculation and inco…

[image] [image] oh…sadly yeah. I think even if you are the original submitter on both Wayfarer and a third party site, that would still count as third party photo rejection unfortunaly.

Curious, didn’t see those Reddit posts - good spot. Reminds me in part of this post - do wonder if it is better to submit the photo in the framing of the nomination screenshot so it can be traced back. That or just delete the post when help or question was answered. Unfortunately, doesn’t help other…

I still don’t see how posting your own images on the Wayfarer Subreddit and the forum - ie engaging with the wayfarer community is the same thing as stealing someone else’s images. Surely context matters.

Wayfarer cannot tell that you posted the images onto reddit. All that can be seen is that the photos used in a wayspot submission exist on a third-party site. The standard advice if you want to post on a third-party site is to take two photos - one to post for advice and one to use for the actual …

[image] NianticAaron: This is speculation and incorrect. All appeals are reviewed by human reviewers. Thanks for the clarification. To avoid further speculation - when you say human reviewers, which is a bit vague, are you saying by members of the Niantic dev team / Scopely employees themsel…

Got two more appeal decisions that need correcting

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TrungLatias October 29, 2025, 9:04am 3

Surely not since Aaron said it is not a third party if you post here.

Topic		Replies	Views
The appeals team dropped the ball again Wayspot Appeals	18	494	October 21, 2024
Submission with own images was denied as not my images Wayspot Appeals	13	145	April 18, 2026
Wayspot not accepted Nomination Support	28	806	November 17, 2025
Please don't take actions General Discussion	19	329	July 25, 2025
Wayspot appeal falsely rejected for 'third party photo' Nomination Support	10	144	May 14, 2026

Got two more appeal decisions that need correcting

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